Piyanut (Nuk) Clear, New South Wales

Nuk’s determination to reach her goals despite significant challenges has impressed everyone at TAFE NSW in Bega and Here 2 Help, a literacy and numeracy collaboration between TAFE NSW Bega and the Bega Valley Shire Library.

Nuk’s family fled Myanmar when she was a child and, as a refugee living in Thailand, she received minimal education. Moving to Australia with her young son after her husband was killed in a car accident, Nuk studied English, and later a Certificate II in Hospitality, at NSW TAFE Bega. With one on one support through Here 2 Help and an enormous amount of hard work and determination, Nuk was ultimately able to obtain a driver’s licence and achieve Australian citizenship.

Currently working as a kitchen hand, Nuk is hoping to be able to combine her commitments as a single parent with more work and study so she can improve her written and spoken English and gain more skills and qualifications.