Wednesday, 4 December 2013
Our 99 th Rhodes Scholar in 100 years hopes to combine her science background, her volunteer experience and her language proficiency to improve the health of the global community.
Freya Shearer (24), Rhodes Scholar for 2014, has a Bachelor of Science with Honours, a Diploma in Modern Languages and a long history of community work including coordinating weekly soccer matches for volunteers and detainees at the Perth Immigration Centre.
She is the perfect fit for the two Masters degrees she will take on at Oxford University next year, in Global Health Science and Research in Public Health.
"The double Master's degree at Oxford will fulfil my scholarly aspirations while providing the best possible platform to pursue research and professional practice in the field of public health," Freya said.
She spent this year working in the Emergency Department of St John of God Hospital at Murdoch and on community service projects.
Freya is also a 100m hurdler and says her work with refugees "strengthened my belief that sport transcends cultural and linguistic barriers and helps refugees meet people from the wider community."
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