“If I had to define what success is to me, I would have to say it is being content. While I can’t deny being rich or famous wouldn’t be nice, I don’t think they can solely make you content; money can’t buy happiness. For me, it is important to feel content. It’s something you have to feel yourself, and you can’t find it in something or someone else; it must be found within, and I think that’s why being content is so important.”

“I would be happy if I made a difference to one individual. Technically I don't have control over that. Like I could do my best, and if it has impact, impact will follow. I would be content if I did my best to help the individual as I'll be doing my best to make the whole world a better place starting with each person I meet and have a conversation with about how their day is going and if there's anything bothering them.”

“So, I actually started studying law when I graduated from high school eight years ago. I was barely seventeen when I started and, while it had been one of my dreams, I realised that I was still young and I wasn’t entirely sure if it’s what I wanted to do for the rest of my life. I went away, studied a BA at UQ (sometimes part-time, because life got in the way) and when I finished, I realised that my deep desire to study law had never gone away, but I was concerned about studying for another three plus years. A chat with my then-manager changed my perspective, and she encouraged me to keep one of my favourite quotes in mind: ‘Don't let the fear of the time it will take to accomplish something stand in the way of your doing it. The time will pass anyway’. At that point, I decided that it was now or never.”

“I've never really had a moment where I think I don’t deserve to be here because I put in a lot of work to get into law and to stay here. I think at the end of the day everyone gets the same piece of paper that says you have a Bachelor of Laws. I don’t have any doubt or regret about studying law even after three years of assignments and exams. I'm sort of lucky that I don't surround myself with people who would make me feel bad about how I'm tackling the degree as well. So that's another thing, it's good to be in a very healthy and positive environment of other students who just want to do their personal best and to help encourage others to do their best. I like being in that environment, to be with encouraging people. Nothing can top spending university and life in general with good people.”

“It is really important to me that my life is dedicated to improving the lives of others. That is something that has alway been important to me. For me, there's success at micro and macro levels. On the micro level, success is about personal development and reaching my potential. That is, attaining a goal while maintaining my integrity and being true to my values. So goals might be something more short term and modest like completing an assignment on time or running a marathon; but whatever it is, it is important to me that I don't compromise who I am along the way. On the macro level, success might look like leading a life of contribution. Contributing to positive change. The world can be wonderful, but it also, in some areas, desperately needs transforming. I want to contribute to the solution. Eleanor Roosevelt once said ‘it is better to light a candle than complain about the darkness’. Living by this, in an area that matters would be a ‘successful’ or a good life. A life of meaning.”

“What I love or what I find fascinating about establishing ‘order’ is how the law puts rules on society. I like how it provides a structure for the people to live, and I know that might sound a bit weird, but I don't know, I just think it is fascinating how they design laws and ‘what the purpose’ might be for certain laws. What I love about studying law is that - knowing the law gives you the power to control your own legal affairs which is an integral part of everyone’s life. Everyone and everything is compelled by law. So knowing how the law works or being familiar with it; is really useful in everyday life and in helping others who are facing legal troubles.”

“There are a few reasons why I chose law; however, I'm quite passionate about social justice - which was passed onto me from the school I graduated from – they were quite ‘heavy’ on social justice issues and it’s implications. I think that to create change within our world, one of the most effective ways is via law. Advocating or petitioning for equality or equity for a particular issue for the hopeful consequence of achieving equality or equity, or the potential benefit of legislative reform for the issue advocated for is only one of the many ways available to help contribute to a better society by use of the legal system.”

“I chose law and science because just coming out of high school I liked both of them and I didn't really know what career I wanted to pursue. So law and science gave me a bit of an insight into both of the fields. Now that I’ve done my first year, it's really guided me into what I want to do in the future and what legal field I want to do when I do graduate, which is criminal law, if not criminal law then wills, estate planning and succession law.”