There is a small number of women who like the automotive field because this department is associated with the men's world. But that was not the case for Priti, the village girl from Gesikan Panggungharjo Sewon Bantul. She chooses to study at the Automotive Engineering Education Study Program at the Faculty of Engineering of UNY because of his fondness for motorized things. Priti has loved the automotive world since she was a child. “I like to see my father workshopping. The first practice that was remember, was when I was in elementary school, I was able to repair both my and my friends’ bicycles. Repairing the motorcycle tires is an activity that I often do," he said on Monday (5/6). Priti also often helped his father when customizing Harley-Davidson and repairing cars. For him, vehicle trouble or breaking down is not a scary thing, and sometimes it feels fun. He must be able to diagnose the problem and dare to push the vehicle to the side. Priti is a twin. Her twin, Kindi, is studying at one of the private universities in Yogyakarta.

She was also a Yogyakarta SMKN 2 alumnae, she explained that since grade 1 in the Department of Light Vehicle Engineering (TKR), it was intended to always get ranked to make it easier to enter the National examination for entering the university path. "Thank God I was able to be accepted in UNY through the National Selection Test in class A1 JPTO (Department of Automotive Engineering Education)," she said. A1's small class has three female students who all come from vocational schools. However, the overall JPTO undergraduate class of 2019 has nine female students.

This girl born in Bantul on February 20, 2001, said that since the first semester, her knowledge and skills had to be shown because she was in class A with very tight academic competition. “I remember when I used to practice welding. Many male friends think that I cannot use this skill, and even female friends think that I am the same as those who cannot weld. However, I very easily completed the job of welding both acetylene and electricity. This is because I am used to welding at home, even after repeating my practice in vocational school," said Priti. Once during a practice exam, he replaced a distributor where lecturers and friends doubted that she as a woman could overcome it, but Priti proved that in the exam and succeeded because in vocational school, both the practice and the exam were heavier than in JPTO.

During the COVID pandemic, practical learning was still carried out by practicing on objects outside the campus. "Because at home I have a vehicle and complete workshop equipment, I do not find it difficult to do the task. However, some tasks required me to do at a reputable workshop; at that time, I went to the Jogja DAB workshop to fulfill the task of the vehicle body," she explained. There, the mechanics were also surprised that there were women in automotive. The workshop and its employees are very open and welcome students to learn. At first, the mechanic did not dare to give Priti a polishing tool to try. But after being convinced, if possible, Priti was allowed, and she started polishing the vehicle with good results. Priti also took the Competency Test to get a certificate of skill. At that time, the test was on the field of drum brakes and discs, with a time of 30 minutes. Finally, Priti received the certificate and was not inferior to other male students.

As a student since the first semester, Priti is often assisted by lecturers, both voluntarily and in return. In the 5th semester, she began to participate in lecturer research, namely electronic control systems to edit learning videos and collect questionnaire data. The daughter of the Sisnanto and Titik Sulastri couples did industrial practice at Nissan Mlati. On the first day, Priti was placed on the front end, assisting the CRO and SA. "The regulation of industry practice is that all students will do job rotation, but specifically for me, it is not allowed; this is at the request of the front office. I was given direct responsibility for handling customers. Some CRO jobs are never done or are often lost, such as cost estimation, reminders, oil service gifts, and so on," she said. Priti is considered capable by the front office to handle the front job so that it is maintained in the section, and it is explained that a bachelor’s fresh graduate is not like a vocational school graduate.

In the 7^th semester, Priti took Educational Practice (PK) at SMK Negeri 2 Yogyakarta and KKN at Giwangan. Priti is responsible for the 11th and 12th-grade chassis courses. "As long as I teach students, sometimes they are even interested in the reason I went to automotive school; they are surprised to even speculate that I am in the wrong department," Priti laughed. Several vocational teachers suggest teaching there, but Priti wants to continue to go to school again. The thesis was done in semester 7 at the same time that the PK also took data. Priti completed her thesis entitled ‘Evaluation of Industrial Class Programs in the Automotive Engineering Expertise Program of SMK Negeri 2 Yogyakarta'. In early May, Priti was assigned to teach LKS, and thank God the students won 1st place in the city of Yogyakarta and 4th place in the province of DIY.

Her hard work paid off. Priti successfully graduated with a GPA of 3.91 with Cum Laude Predicate in just 3.5 years at the recent UNY graduation. Priti is also the best graduate of the study program and brought her vocational school into the top 10 in Yogyakarta. "After this, I want to continue my master's degree in automotive engineering abroad with a scholarship and am currently struggling to fulfill the requirements," Priti said. As mentioned about his daughter's concise name, according to Sisnanto, there is no intent or meaning other than just a name. "All my children's names consist of only five letters, except the youngest. The first child is a twin of Priti and Kindi; the second child is Seigi; and the youngest child is Berni," said Sisnanto. His youngest son was given the additional name Berni Hercules because Priti and Kindi, in their childhood, loved Hercules’s cartoons and wanted his sister to be given that name.