Han’s strong commitment, impressive leadership and proactivity were also praised by her lecturers.
“During one of my courses on graphic animation, which is quite complex and challenging, Han went out of her way and took her time to support other students in mastering required skills,” Mr Arce-López said.
That has led her to the current employment as RMIT School of Communication & Design’s pilot Senior Student Leader (SSL) as a result of her outstanding proactive facilitation to the school’s Work Integrated Learning (WIL) initiatives.
“Han even contributed to the development of the position’s description to best leverage the course’s outcomes,” said Mr Arce-López who supervised Han on her first employment where she supported the Digital Media students to produce animations in collaboration with the NGO Alliance Anti-Trafic (AAT) to educate and raise awareness among the public about topics such as prevention of sexual exploitation and sexual abuse, preventing and combating school violence, and reproductive health and education.
“People said that academia and teaching suit me well and when I did it for real, I saw first-hand how rewarding the job was,” Han proudly shared.
“As a Digital Media graduate, I really understand students’ needs and how to generate ideas that benefit them most. While doing my job, I have a chance to self-learn again and to practice tutoring and mentoring.
“And more importantly, it opens the door for me to do research in the creative industries which I believe still have room for me to explore creatively and socially.”
“The whole journey has taught me that whenever there is a will, there is a way, and paving my own path will lead me to rewarding outcomes,” the young animator excitingly concluded.
* Named after Han’s creative digital portfolio
Story: Ha Hoang