MAGNOLIA MAGAZINE / CAREERS
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Elisabeth Cola (STC2019)
“ I’m not sure I would have had the same opportunities in my career if I didn’t go to school at St Cath’s.
From Orchestra to Softball, Elisabeth immersed herself in as many cocurricular activities as possible during the seven years she spent with us. Through these programs, she discovered numerous passions and hobbies that continue to enrich her life. They also helped Elisabeth build “skills in developing solutions and problem-solving”, which she continues to use in her career. Elisabeth now works in the technology industry after receiving a Co-op Program Scholarship to study software engineering at The University of NSW. She feels especially proud to be able to apply the skills she learned at school to help people transform their businesses using technology.
2017
Harriet Hedger (STC2017)
2019
Joanne Liu (STC2017)
Joanne didn’t set out to find success working in the finance industry. Yet that’s exactly where she is now, working for a management consultancy firm, and she couldn’t be happier. Joanne credits St Catherine’s with giving her the self-belief and drive to succeed in a highly- competitive industry. “I feel really grateful that I went to a school that instilled in me the kind of confidence to back myself,” she said. She also mentioned the friendships she made at St Catherine’s have been an invaluable support network for her in her career and that she couldn’t imagine life without her precious school friends.
Harriet Hedger (STC2017)
Harriet loved doing Legal Studies during her time as a student at St Catherine’s but felt that a career as a lawyer wasn’t the right path for her. But then her class did a unit on criminology and all of the pieces fell into place. Here was a career that would allow her to explore her passion for the law in an active way, helping to shape the future of criminal justice. Harriet spent four years at university studying criminology, including an honours year where she did a thesis on prison officers working in youth detention. Harriet was then accepted into a government graduate program before moving into a role in justice. She now works in criminal justice policy reform for the ACT Government. “I work as a policy offer helping the government decide what they want to do and which policies they want to run in the areas of justice,” she explained, adding that, “I’m not sure I would have had the same opportunities in my career if I didn’t go to school at St Cath’s. It showed me what was possible.”
“ I feel really grateful that I went to a school that instilled in me the kind of confidence to back myself.
2017
Joanne Liu (STC2017)
SCAN TO SHARE YOUR JOURNEY St Cath’s is looking for Old Girls who wish to inspire the next generation of professional’s at one of our Year 12 career talks.
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