 Well I'd always really wanted to study law but when I finished year 12 I had my daughter Lily not long after, however last year about halfway through the semester Lily's dad passed away. My name's Nicole and I'm studying a Bachelor of Law in Business at the University of New Castle. Lily was quite young when I did Open Foundation and it was really really tough trying to manage studying and caring for Lily. Lily goes to school, she plays sport most afternoons and I sort of try and tie a table uni in while she's at school and in classes that I have and then we get home once she's in bed then I do my assignments. You know I don't think that having a daughter at a young age should stop you from achieving your goals. I've always wanted a job where I can help other people and I felt that a law degree would be a great place to do that. The day I found out that I received the scholarship was really really exciting. I was overwhelmed, I was very very happy to know that you know someone was supporting me and my goals. So with the scholarship money I have used it to purchase textbooks and I've also used it to put Lily into after school care twice a week so that I'm able to study without interruptions. I'm all that she has left and it's really important to me to provide her with the future that she deserves. It definitely makes me work hard in knowing that she's proud of what I'm doing.