Yalari Annual Review 2020
CHEREE WHYMANN Yalari Student I am a proud young Paakintji woman from Broken Hill in New South Wales. I was presented with a Yalari scholarship to attend Scotch College in Adelaide where I have studied for the past five years. I come from a big family of six kids with me being right in the middle. Hope is such a strong word that is particularly relevant in my life. Coming from a small country town, I always hoped that I could be more than just another face down the street, more than a black kid, more than just a statistic. Hope is a necessary ingredient when achieving goals or just getting through the day. Being a typical kid who wants to be known by all, I was certain that I would be the first ever black female Prime Minister. I would walk around my primary school with my head held high thinking to myself, 'these kids don’t know it yet, but they are going to school with someone who is gonna be famous!' In order to follow these dreams, mum quickly realised I had to get out of town for schooling so I could make the most of my education and
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