What are the Trailblazer Awards?
The Trailblazer Awards celebrates Year 12 students beyond their ATAR, recognising those who have overcome personal challenges and used their final year of school to positively impact their community.
Our Trailblazers will have the opportunity to network with industry leaders, build their personal brand and profile as a future leader, get exam ready in our 1-day HSC Trials Accelerator, and so much more!
Find out how Somika Jashni navigated Year 12 differently throughout 2022!
Introducing: Somika Jashni Singh
Category: Social Impact & Change
School: Liverpool Girls High School
State: NSW
Career Aspiration: Teaching
Achievements
- Received the Australian Defence Force 2020 Long Tan Youth Leadership & Teamwork Award
- Junior Associate of the Shree Ram Krishna Temple and Committee Member of the NSW SSDS organisation
- Currently working as a performing arts mentor at Singh’s Melody
What makes Somika Jashni a Trailblazer?
With her heart of gold, Somika Jashni Singh’s done it all. School vice-captain, peer support leader, charity worker, dancer, singer, and performing arts mentor are just some of the many titles she can claim. While she is also a student from Liverpool Girls High School currently in the thick of doing her HSC, Somika Jashni has taken on some important duties around Liverpool and the Indo-Fjian communities in Sydney.
Somika Jashni received the Australian Defence Force 2020 Long Tan Youth Leadership & Teamwork Award. Her community work is equally awe-inspiring and formidable. For five years, she’s been working with United Fiji’s local charity partner, Yaadein Vision Fiji. Food drives, dinners, dance nights and stage performances are just some of the events she organises for the charity all for the cause of contributing relief efforts such as school supplies and feminine hygiene.
A member of the Indo-Fijian community herself, she is also a performer at these events and has an ongoing number of rehearsals for Indian dances and songs with the harmonium. You can bet she is a skilled dancer and musician because she also teaches the harmonium and dance styles including Bollywood, Bharatnatyam, classical and hip-hop to her 5-15 year old students.
More than that, she has worked her way to becoming a Committee Member of the NSW SSDS organisation and Junior Associate of the Shree Ram Krishna Temple and Homepride Hindu Centre in Austral.
Over at Liverpool Girls High School, Somika Jashni’s known as the school’s vice-captain. Though she is undoubtedly a natural social butterfly, becoming vice-captain upped the antes when it came to her leadership and communication skills. Other than maintaining great relationships with everyone at school, she has vigorously used her strong work ethic and collaborative and interpersonal skills to work towards her team’s common goal.
For all of that, Somika Jashni’s final school years haven’t been without its challenges. She had a tough start to Year 12 when her grandmother’s health deteriorated. With Somika Jashni and her grandmother’s bond being exceptionally close, her grandmother’s frequent hospital visits and passing was an incredibly difficult time for her. Though Somika Jashni entered each school day with a big smile, assessment deadlines crept up and forced her to stay up late to stay on top of her schoolwork.
Somika Jashni’s HSC experience has been both delightful and overwhelming. Her unwavering positive attitude means that she is doing the utmost best of her situation. But, what’s after school? Well, Somika Jashni wants to give back to the education sector and go into teaching.
‘a profession as a teacher is a rewarding role as it brings forth many opportunities…I wish to bridge learning gaps through sharing my love for teaching in order to be a positive steer for students to also appreciate the importance of education as well.’
From countless charity work, dancer, harmonium player, singer, and an inspiring vice-captain at Liverpool Girls High, she’s done more than enough to deserve the title of a 2022 Trailblazer winner.
The Top 50 Year 12 Trailblazer Awards
The Trailblazer Awards aim to identify and celebrate students who use their final years of school to invest holistically in the skills and experiences that will maximise their own future opportunities and make a contribution to the future of our society.
Our winners for the Year 12 Trailblazer Awards have demonstrated initiative in volunteering for their school or community, have participated in co-curricular activities, and have held leadership positions within their schools.
Learn more about who placed in the Top 50 Year 12 Trailblazers here!
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