Catie Nugent wants healthcare to be a culturally safe environment not only for Indigenous people, but also for people with disabilities and from all cultural backgrounds.
She may be only 18 years old, but Catie Nugent is well set on her path with plans to study medicine and improve support for Indigenous access to health care.
As she was finishing high school at the end of last year at the Grace Lutheran College in Caboolture, Queensland Catie Nugent won the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Secondary STEM Achievement Award.
The accolade was in addition to Catie’s other leadership roles not only as an inspiration for her peers but also as a positive role model both culturally and academically.
Catie is planning to study medicine at university aiming to later work in rural areas and venture overseas, mainly to developing countries.
The young STEM Award recipient was also Alumni of the CSIRO Aboriginal Summer School for Excellence in Technology and Science (ASSETS) and a member of the Young Indigenous Women’s STEM Academy.
