Tomorrow Is Mine
By Trevor Jackson
'Education is the passport to the future, for tomorrow belongs to those who prepare for it today' - Malcolm X.
Tomorrow Is Mine is a podcast where tertiary students and recent graduates share their life experiences and their hopes for the opportunities that may lie ahead. These students have travelled from all over the world to study on the Gold Coast, an emerging global and multicultural city whose students represent more than 130 different nationalities. Many of these students have undertaken remarkable journeys to study in this idyllic coastal destination for an education that will allow them to fulfil their dreams. The future belongs to them.
Tomorrow Is Mine is a podcast where tertiary students and recent graduates share their life experiences and their hopes for the opportunities that may lie ahead. These students have travelled from all over the world to study on the Gold Coast, an emerging global and multicultural city whose students represent more than 130 different nationalities. Many of these students have undertaken remarkable journeys to study in this idyllic coastal destination for an education that will allow them to fulfil their dreams. The future belongs to them.
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Lydia Kek
Lydia Kek is from Singapore, a place where diverse cultures are the norm and daily conversations are a mixture of multiple languages. It is a multicultural melting pot where you can find Chinese, Malay, Indian, and Western cultures all living and wor… -
Leticia Alvarez
Ever had a problem overcoming negative thoughts? Ever doubted your own ability or told yourself that you simply weren’t good enough? Leticia Alvarez did that for most of her life. She dreamed of going to university and becoming a journalist, and even… -
Alessandra Santos
Brazilian student Alessandra Santos is from Belo Horizonte, a city surrounded by beautiful mountains. That natural environment was a haven for Ale growing up with her family, often spending weekends on a nearby farm where they enjoyed activities like… -
Rahil Gadhiya
Timing is everything, and for Rahil Gadhiya’s international student journey that’s very much the case. Rahil had a dream to study on the Gold Coast, but just as he was thinking about making that dream a reality COVID struck and Australia’s borders cl… -
Iris Pham
At the age of 14 Iris Pham moved from her bustling home in Hong Kong to the relative somnambulance of rural life in Toowoomba. For a teenage girl who had only known the pace of the round the clock vibrancy of life in Hong Kong, it’s hard to think of … -
Braelynn Yee
Braelynn Yee was born to a Fijian Mum and a Chinese Dad and grew up with her older brother as part of a family of four just outside the city of Nadi on the main island of Fiji. All of the Yee family were keen on sport, but it’s Braelynn who has show… -
Arianna Menzies
Arianna Menzies was pursuing a career as a professional dancer in New York City after training at a prestigious dance school. Then COVID hit and her world turned upside down virtually overnight. As the city went into lockdown work opportunities disap… -
Mariam Hassan
The recent Gold Coast film festival Love Letters From Pakistan featured the finalist films from the 2021 Pakistan National Amateur Film Competition. The prize for the creators of those films was a scholarship to study at the New York Film Academy’s G… -
Mercy Atukunda
Mercy Atukunda is, by her own admission, an introverted and shy young woman who’s never travelled beyond the landlocked borders of her home country of Uganda, so the idea of jumping on a plane to start a new life overseas in a city where you don’t kn… -
Chris Wainwright
Chris Wainwright has, what you might call, a considerable lived experience. In the past he’s pursued corporate law, journalism, politics, business, marketing – there’s not much that he hasn’t tried, but for various reasons nothing ever really seemed …