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Roza's Inspirational Story

In our line of work, we come across valued customers of many different backgrounds and circumstances. They all have a history and carry a unique story to share.

Roza came to us when she was looking to help one of her daughters in building their first home. We got to know Roza and her two daughters more throughout our engagement. We get to know her as a loving mother and a dedicated aged care worker. Her life story is an inspiration and needs to be shared. It is one of hardship, perseverance, and belief in oneself.

Roza’s journey to Australia with two young daughters to start a new life is set against a backdrop of war and despair in her native country Ethiopia. She has rebuilt her life and became an aged care worker for our most vulnerable, the elderly and frail. She holds their hands, is someone to talk to, be that familiar face and be that emotional support to someone’s loved one. Her patience and loving nature do define her and indeed help with caring for our elderly. She has dedicated herself for most of the last ten years and will continue to do so through these difficult times.

Along the way, she brought up two wonderful daughters who are also in our frontline healthcare force. She also managed to build a decent property portfolio and is now helping her daughters to start theirs.

𝐇𝐢 𝐑𝐨𝐳𝐚, 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐤 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐮𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲.

𝐐: 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐦𝐚𝐝𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤 𝐚𝐬 𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐝 𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐞𝐫?

𝐀: 𝑇𝑜 𝑎𝑛𝑠𝑤𝑒𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑞𝑢𝑒𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛, 𝑙𝑒𝑡 𝑚𝑒 𝑡𝑒𝑙𝑙 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑚𝑦 𝑏𝑎𝑐𝑘𝑔𝑟𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑑 𝑎 𝑏𝑖𝑡: 𝐼 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑏𝑜𝑟𝑛 𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑐𝑎𝑝𝑖𝑡𝑎𝑙 𝑐𝑖𝑡𝑦 𝑜𝑓 𝐸𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑜𝑝𝑖𝑎 (𝐴𝑑𝑑𝑖𝑠 𝐴𝑏𝑎𝑏𝑎). 𝐼 𝑔𝑟𝑒𝑤 𝑢𝑝 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑚𝑦 𝑔𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑑𝑚𝑎, 𝑤ℎ𝑜 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑎 𝑐𝑎𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑔 p𝑒𝑟𝑠𝑜𝑛; 𝑠ℎ𝑒 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑎 𝑔𝑜𝑜𝑑 𝑟𝑜𝑙𝑒 𝑚𝑜𝑑𝑒𝑙 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑖𝑛𝑓𝑙𝑢𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑒𝑑 𝑚𝑒 𝑎 𝑙𝑜𝑡. 𝑆ℎ𝑒 𝑢𝑠𝑒𝑑 𝑡𝑜 𝑡𝑒𝑙𝑙 𝑚𝑒 𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑓𝑢𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑠𝑡𝑢𝑑𝑦 𝑛𝑢𝑟𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑔. 𝐼 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑡𝑜𝑜 𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝐼 𝑐𝑎𝑚𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝐴𝑢𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑙𝑖𝑎 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑝𝑙𝑎𝑛𝑛𝑒𝑑, 𝑓𝑖𝑟𝑠𝑡, 𝑡𝑜 𝑑𝑜 𝑎𝑛 𝐴𝑔𝑒𝑑 𝑐𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑐𝑜𝑢𝑟𝑠𝑒. 𝐴 𝑁𝑢𝑟𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑑𝑖𝑝𝑙𝑜𝑚𝑎 𝑐𝑎𝑚𝑒 𝑛𝑒𝑥𝑡, 𝑏𝑢𝑡 𝐼 𝑓𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑑 𝑖𝑡 ℎ𝑎𝑟𝑑 𝑡𝑜 𝑠𝑡𝑢𝑑𝑦 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑓𝑎𝑚𝑖𝑙𝑦 𝑎𝑠 𝐼 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑜𝑛𝑙𝑦 𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑘𝑖𝑛𝑔. 𝑁𝑜𝑤 𝑚𝑦 𝑘𝑖𝑑𝑠 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑟𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑘𝑖𝑛𝑔, 𝐼 𝑐𝑎𝑛 𝑑𝑜 𝑖𝑡, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑎𝑙𝑠𝑜, 𝐼 𝑓𝑒𝑒𝑙 𝐼 𝑎𝑚 ℎ𝑒𝑙𝑝𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑝𝑒𝑜𝑝𝑙𝑒.

𝐐: 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐬 𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐝 𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐞𝐫, 𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐝𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐮𝐧𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞? 𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐝𝐨 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐢𝐭?

𝐀: 𝐴𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑚𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡, 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑦𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑖𝑠 𝑜𝑘𝑎𝑦 𝑏𝑒𝑐𝑎𝑢𝑠𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑛𝑜 𝑐𝑎𝑠𝑒𝑠 𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝐼 𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑘, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔𝑠 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑔𝑜𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑛𝑜𝑟𝑚𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑦. 𝐻𝑜𝑤𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟, 𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑦 𝑦𝑒𝑠, 𝑙𝑖𝑘𝑒 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑦𝑜𝑛𝑒, 𝐼 𝑎𝑚 𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑠𝑒𝑑 𝑏𝑒𝑐𝑎𝑢𝑠𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑒𝑓𝑓𝑒𝑐𝑡 𝑜𝑛 𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑎𝑔𝑒𝑑 𝑐𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑖𝑛𝑑𝑢𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑦.

𝐐: 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐚𝐥𝐰𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐬𝐞𝐞𝐦 𝐟𝐮𝐥𝐥 𝐨𝐟 𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐠𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐭𝐲. 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐝𝐫𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐬 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐝𝐚𝐲?

𝐀: 𝐼 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑑𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑚𝑠 𝑡𝑜 𝑎𝑐ℎ𝑖𝑒𝑣𝑒, 𝑡𝑜 𝑐ℎ𝑎𝑛𝑔𝑒 𝑚𝑦 𝑓𝑎𝑚𝑖𝑙𝑦’𝑠 𝑙𝑖𝑓𝑒 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑡𝑜 𝑏𝑒 𝑎 𝑔𝑜𝑜𝑑 𝑐𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑧𝑒𝑛.

Roza, we are glad to be of your service and to have fulfilled your family’s homeowner dream. It has been an absolute pleasure getting to know you, and we thank you for helping our community!

I would like to say a big thank you to Roza for sharing her inspirational story with us.

Kind regards,

𝐾𝑖𝑒𝑛 𝑃ℎ𝑎𝑛 & 𝑃ℎ𝑢𝑜𝑛𝑔 𝑁𝑔𝑢𝑦𝑒𝑛.