For many people their first trip overseas is a family holiday or a backpacking adventure with friends but for Rachita, her first international trip was to visit her new home.
In 2006, Rachita came to Australia from Southern India to visit her brother Jigenesh and to see Melbourne before joining him permanently.
Rachita completed a BA in Sociology in India before moving to Melbourne in 2008 to begin a Masters of Arts (Media and Communications) at Swinburne University.
Living in Australia has not always been easy. Initially Rachita struggled to find a place to live as on campus accommodation was too expensive and it was difficult to find a job.
At first even the simple task of printing was a bit overwhelming as the technology at Swinburne is complicated with wireless systems and exchanging of money, something that she had ‘never seen before in India’.
She has also had to adapt her study habits to fit in with the structure at Swinburne. In India, there is only 1 exam at the end of the year compared to lots of assignments and small tasks every week.
During her studies Rachita has been doing door to door marketing for AGL and always “finds different people behind the door”.
Mostly the people she visits are nice, and sometimes they can be too friendly! Recently she spent an hour talking with an elderly lady about her family which she found interesting but unfortunately didn’t result in a sale, something that is very important when you work on commission!
After almost two years, Rachita enjoys living in Melbourne and wishes to obtain permanent residency.
But none of her friends are interested in coming to visit Australia anytime soon. Instead they try to change her mind, “They tell me to come back! And that they miss me!” Rachita says.
This is her final semester at university and once finishing her course, she hopes to get a job in the media industry and would love to work for one of the television channels.
I enjoyed reading this! I like the way you structured the information here – each part of the story flows together really well.
This is a nice little profile and you have kept really well to the structure. I really liked the minimal but well written intro. You may think about cutting the length of some of the sentences, but otherwise this is a good effort!