Zac Millar’s path to nursing wasn’t linear, but it’s a powerful example of persistence paying off. Originally from Kerang and now based in Bendigo, Zac tried multiple times to pursue nursing while building a career in health promotion and refugee settlement. It wasn’t until a Free TAFE opportunity caught his eye that he decided to give it one more go, leading him to Bendigo TAFE and a future in healthcare. Read Zac's journey below:
Originally from Kerang, I now call Bendigo home. After completing Year 12 in 2006, I went on to study Public Health at La Trobe Univeristy Bendigo, with hopes of one day working in humanitarian aid. During that course I actually attempted to study nursing concurrently from my second year, but the workload proved too much, so I completed the Public Health degree instead.
From there I went on to work in Health Promotion for a local council before side-stepping into case management in Refugee Settlement Services, a field I would work in for around seven years, taking me from Bendigo to Brisbane, and even Papua New Guinea in various roles. Somewhere in that time I headed back to uni to study nursing again, only to withdraw about two weeks in and continue in the Refugee Settlement space.
