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Moorditj Yorga scholarship recipient, Renna Gayde.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A Curtin student who spent years working through her healing alone is watching her path unfold into a career helping others heal their trauma.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At the end of this year, Renna Gayde, a Walbuja Woman from the Yuin Nation in New South Wales, will start her career in social work, with the goal of healing the relationship between the social work profession and First Nations Peoples.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Renna says that after family violence led to her being displaced from her home at age 13, she had some difficult dealings with social workers, and felt that she never had a genuine opportunity to attend high school, let alone university.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cA few years ago I was invited to visit Â鶹ֱ²¥, and when I stepped into the Centre for Aboriginal Studies, I felt that I\u2019d come home,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Renna completed an Indigenous Tertiary Enabling Course before gaining a Moorditj Yorga scholarship from Curtin and commencing her studies in social work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI lost my partner nine years ago, and as a sole parent the scholarship allowed me to breathe. I think that worrying about money reduces our capacity to be our best selves and to engage fully with our opportunities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cGaining the scholarship increased my confidence and validated that I was on the right path. I never believed that I\u2019d go to university, but it\u2019s proven to be an investment in myself, my children and my community.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Moorditj Yorga means \u2018strong woman\u2019 in the Noongar language of Western Australia, and it is a fitting description for Renna\u2019s journey. She explains that her educational journey to becoming a social worker has involved pulling the threads of her life together, and that she is \u201cunder construction\u201d in building her \u2018professional\u2019 identity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI do feel guided by my old people, and I\u2019m grateful to the Noongar Elders who have wrapped their arms around me. I know that when I go to bed grateful and wake up prepared, I\u2019m exactly where I need to be.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI\u2019m following my path as it unfolds, but social work is my calling \u2013 to create positive change, particularly for our women and children.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To learn more about Moorditj Yorga<\/a> and other scholarships for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students, click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This article was originally written and published here<\/a> by The West on 3 July 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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