PHOTO: Brewarrina’s Joey Gordon has received Excellence Awards for his studies in hearing health.
The winner of a prestigious TAFE NSW award has vowed to use it to help “close the gap” in Indigenous children’s ear health and inspire other young Aboriginal people to change their lives through education.
Brewarrina’s Joey Gordon, 23, a proud Kamilaroi and Ngemba man and a passionate health worker, was recently given two honours at the TAFE NSW Excellence Awards – Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Student of the Year, and Health, Wellbeing and Community Services Student of the Year. He also received an Emerging Talent Award at the prestigious Aboriginal Health and Medical Research Council forum.