 Growing up in the middle of Australia was beautiful and I love the outback, but sometimes it can be challenging and I had a lot of self-doubt. I thought attending university was impossible. I thought that going overseas was impossible. I felt a little bit isolated. I knew that I needed to go to university to have an interesting job. I wasn't satisfied or challenged in the work that I had. I made that decision to move across the country and go to Griffith. Going from being convinced that you are not smart enough to go to university at all, fast-forwarding 10 years and you're standing on the stage top of your class with the university medal. And first-class honours was like, okay, maybe I was smart enough to go to uni. Griffith helped me to become brave, brave enough to be myself in any situation, to be authentic and to find my place in the world no matter where I am. The Minister for Foreign Affairs, she referred to me in a speech last year and she said that I would make a fabulous employee. So it was a very exciting week for me because I was also offered a graduate position in the Department of Treasury and Finance here in the Northern Territory and that was a really exciting time for me because I was able to analyse projects and initiatives that I know will have a direct impact on Alice Springs and my family. When I was a child I was too scared to dream about my future. I didn't put any thought into it because I was scared that whatever I wanted wouldn't happen. But now with quality education and heaps of experiences that were really deep and meaningful, I have a lot of confidence that my future is going to be really bright.