The 22-year-old graduate was lauded for volunteering his filmmaking, photography and design skills to advocate for marginalised communities in Africa, Asia and regional Australia.<\/p>\n
The Young Achievement Award is given to an outstanding young alumni<\/a> up to the age of 35, and was presented to Wong at the 2020 Curtin Alumni Achievement Awards<\/a> at the Ritz-Carlton, Perth, on Thursday 29 October.<\/p>\n It\u2019s not the first time Wong has been recognised for his work, having been named WA\u2019s Youth Volunteer of the Year<\/a> in 2019. However, Wong admits he still was surprised to have won another award and be recognised as among the very best of the University\u2019s 240,000 graduates.<\/p>\n \u201cIt feels really significant to have won this at the start of my career and to be recognised among such a huge body of alumni as somebody doing something special,\u201d says Wong, who only graduated at the start of 2019.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s encouraging as well, just to know that my hard work is resonating with people and that others do see it as inspiring.\u201d<\/p>\n Wong\u2019s personal values have been shaped by his Christian upbringing and inspired him to help others outside his social circle. By the age of 10, he had already begun raising funds for World Vision Australia\u2019s 40-hour Famine.<\/p>\n Later, in his second year studying a degree in screen arts<\/a>, creative advertising and graphic design<\/a> at Curtin, he embarked on his first overseas volunteering trip, with the support of the John Curtin Scholarship Program<\/a>.<\/p>\nMission to serve others<\/strong><\/h2>\n