Melbourne Polytechnic Jobs Board Profiles

I got to know so many things. The course is designed like that, that you will know each and every thing so well.

It’s the same thing with fighting. You have to adapt. You cannot stay the same. You have to learn new things.

‘I worked with my father doing renovations and extensions and general house building and for my first year of Building Design it’s all about residential construction so I flew through that, I understand how houses are built, I can see it, I can draw it, which is so helpful.’

It’s about finding a role that I enjoy and working towards the future in that role.

Her best advice for new students is to ‘have fun and don’t be afraid to ask questions.

My biggest tip is: leap! It doesn’t matter what background you come from, or whether you have experience in the area (I had absolutely ZERO experience in glass). Coming from diverse and unrelated backgrounds can help as it allows you to approach the glass world with a fresh perspective and put your unique spin on it.

That same first-hand understanding of the difficulty of being away from family and making a new home helped her to find and then create a community.

‘The land is something I've always felt a connection with,’ she says. ‘I’ve always felt that we are responsible for the land that we live on. I'm only here for a short time and then I've got to pass it on to somebody else. I want to pass on the land in a better condition than I found it in. I think there's been enough pillaging of the earth, we need to take care of it and pass it on to the next generation in good condition.’