{"id":4781,"date":"2025-07-01T02:04:57","date_gmt":"2025-07-01T02:04:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/mlc-oldgirls\/?post_type=article&#038;p=4781"},"modified":"2025-07-01T02:04:58","modified_gmt":"2025-07-01T02:04:58","slug":"old-girls-return-for-our-careers-program","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/mlc-oldgirls\/article\/old-girls-return-for-our-careers-program\/","title":{"rendered":"Old Girls Return for our Careers program"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">Our careers program was in full swing this term, which involves a guest speaker program, organised by <strong>Jo Cilia,<\/strong> our Head of Futures and Pathways and VET Coordinator.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">At the middle on the term we had the pleasure of hearing two MLC School Old Girls, who were very inspiring. <strong>Amy Hort<\/strong> (2011) is a Surgical Fellow in the Western Sydney Health District and <strong>Maekayla Tran <\/strong>(2017), is an optometrist with the Royal Flying Doctor Service. They had the most amazing stories and shared their journey with the girls, from Year 12 to university and a busy life with study, postgrad work, young families and travel. Maekayla\u2019s message to the girls was to try everything, go out of your comfort zone and embrace all that life has to offer.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">The following week, we had\u00a0Old Girls <strong>Amy Hort (2011),<\/strong> a Surgical Fellow in the Western Sydney Health District, and\u00a0<strong>Maekayla Tran (2017),<\/strong> an optometrist with the Royal Flying Doctor Service, speaking with Year 12 in the Whitley Room.<\/p>\n<p>All Old Girls were passionate about helping others and making a difference to the community, which they do with their rewarding work.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">Jo\u2019s aim is to open the girls to new opportunities and to perhaps find the \u2018spark\u2019 that will inspire them for the next stage of their life.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Interested to be involved?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Please read <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/mlc-oldgirls\/?post_type=article&amp;p=4749\">this article<\/a> and follow the instructions on how you as an Old Girl, can be part of the Careers program.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-4781 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-medium'>\n<figure class='gallery-item link-'>\n<div class='gallery-icon'>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2025\/06\/Amy-hort-Maekayla-Tran.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightcase:1:slideshow\" title=\"\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2025\/06\/Amy-hort-Maekayla-Tran-300x188.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/>\n<\/a><\/div>\n<div class='gallery-item__overlay d-flex justify-content-center align-items-center'><span class='fal fa-plus fa-2x'><\/span><\/div><\/figure>\n<figure class='gallery-item link-'>\n<div class='gallery-icon'>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2025\/06\/Amy-hort.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightcase:1:slideshow\" title=\"\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2025\/06\/Amy-hort-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/>\n<\/a><\/div>\n<div class='gallery-item__overlay d-flex justify-content-center align-items-center'><span class='fal fa-plus fa-2x'><\/span><\/div><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our careers program was in full swing this term, which involves a guest speaker program, organised by Jo Cilia, our Head of Futures and Pathways and VET Coordinator. 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