Julian's Pathfinder Foundation

The Julian’s Pathfinder Foundation was created in memory of Julian Spiteri who tragically passed away in a traffic accident in April 2021. Julian was a second-year law student at the University of Malta who was constantly questioning whether or not he was on the right path and if reading law was the best course for him to reach his full potential. His long list explaining ‘why I want to study / practice law’, which he pinned to the cork board above his desk, is evidence of the great lengths he went to justify his choices and he frequently referred back to this list when he was doubting whether he was on the right path. Hopefully this list can serve as a guidepost for anyone considering the legal profession or any other career path. The list, as well as other writings found by his parents posthumously, led his family to establish the Julian’s Pathfinder Foundation with the purpose of inspiring and supporting gifted children and youth to achieve their full potential. Julian’s essays on ‘Do we have a moral duty to exceed ourselves’ and ‘Does the best education happen outside the classroom’, have led Julian’s parents to focus the charitable cause of the Foundation on our moral duty to support the most gifted amongst us through outside the classroom education to help them fulfil their potential and inspire them to make a positive contribution to society. In addition, his bucket list, also discovered posthumously by his parents, is an inspiration to the series of events carried out by the Foundation, including Julian's Change the World Challenge and Julian's Tech Startup Challenge.