Makai Allbert is a Writer and Assignment Editor at The Epoch Times. They is proficient in English, Spanish, Mandarin Chinese, Greek and Ancient Greek. Colleagues describe them as "It was a pleasure to study with Makai at Ralston College, where his presence as a fellow master’s candidate was enriching and illuminating. Makai is honest, direct, and loyal; a righteous, natural leader and a kind soul. He is selfless in an understated way that isn’t motivated by attention-seeking or self-interest. Makai would often provide incredibly helpful resources to our cohort without being prompted to do so; he wished for the improvement of the group as a whole and sought no external reward for his actions. Efficient, thoughtful, and clear, Makai’s support was expressed in a way that lacked sentimentality or mawkishness. He is an embodiment of the reversal of all talk, no action. As a writer, Makai’s prose is lucid, elegant, and lovely to read. It’s a synthesis of deep psychological insight, wit, spiritual wisdom, and scientific knowledge. While he possesses a natural inclination to think poetically in metaphor, he sifts out unnecessary flourishes in his writing, culminating in written work that reads as effortless and moving. While this was a humanities degree in the Western canon and Makai’s background was in the sciences and the Eastern tradition, he used the year as an opportunity to integrate these dichotomies, demonstrating how they naturally harmonize with and necessitate one another. The sharing of his expertise deepened the intellectual life of our seminar discussions, adding cosmology, metaphysics, and cultural perspectives that weren’t touched on in the curriculum. A gifted communicator, Makai navigated many different environments and registers of comportment seamlessly, intuitively sensing when changes in atmosphere were needed. Generous with his time and self-reflective, he consistently measured his conduct against the spiritual foundation within which he is rooted. Incredibly patient, he took responsibility for his actions and was willing to look at his own faults, always taking the time to consider what he might have done to contribute to the situation. In this way, Makai was a grounding, calming presence during times of stress."