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Tyrese Carr Profile
EX-STUDENT PROFILES
Tyrese Carr, KWS Class of 2020
Tyrese Carr
Class of 2020
Knowing what you want to do after school isn’t always clear, and often the best way to find out is by trying your hand at something that piques your interest or curiosity.
That’s exactly what proud TubbaGah man and Kinross Wolaroi School graduate, Tyrese Carr, did recently.
He was invited to take part in a fiveweek paid internship with tech-charity Humanitix over summer 2020 and shared his experience with us (including how they didn’t make him do the coffee run!).
The internship was a full-circle moment for the Yalari scholar as Humanitix - which spends the billions of dollars made in booking fees each year on closing the education gap globally - was one of the sponsors that helped put him through KWS.
“I would never have attended KWS if it wasn’t for Yalari (or Humanitix),” said Tyrese. “I was living on the Central Coast and just about to finish Year 6. Mum saw a Yalari advert on Facebook, so she applied and got an interview with founder Waverley Stanley AM.
“He came to my house, we had an interview, and the next thing you know, I was at KWS. It helped me with my education so much, and every year we went on a different camp. We went to Uluru, the Gold Coast, all over Australia.” Humanitix founders Adam McCurdie and Joshua Ross just so happened to be at a Yalari dinner in Sydney, which Tyrese attended in Year 10.
That’s where he plucked up the courage to inquire about internships.
“I told Josh that I might be in Sydney when I graduated from school and asked if he took interns. He was really keen, so we stayed in touch while I was in Years 10 and 11. When I graduated, I shot him a message, and we organised it,” said Tyrese.
After helping Tyrese get through high school, Humanitix was excited to show Tyrese the ropes when it came to embarking on a career.
Tyrese said the internship made him feel more confident about entering the workplace.
“It was a lot different to how I thought it would be. I thought it would be like you see in the movies: a serious office and that I’d have to wear a suit every day, but it was really chilled. It’s not like when you’re at school and learning, instead, you’ve got certain tasks and you’re there to get stuff done.
“I was helping the sales team search for leads, so I’d find people’s emails and LinkedIn accounts so the team had plenty of information when they called them or sent out emails. “Now I know what it’s like, and I know the environment, it’s not very foreign anymore.”
Currently, Tyrese is studying a fouryear, double-degree in Commerce and Economics at the University of NSW.
He said business studies and economics were his favourite subjects at KWS, and the internship inspired him to put both to good use.
“I would love to work for a company like Humanitix,” said Tyrese. “When I was younger, I only wanted to go to University, get a job and make heaps of money. But Humanitix staff seem really happy; the stuff they do really helps people. So it was a big eye-opener to doing something I enjoy and that’s actually meaningful. That’s what I want to do.” •
