HSC results 2016: The NSW Government scheme helping disadvantaged students achieve their big dreams

By Rachel Browne
Updated February 4 2017 - 11:08am, first published January 17 2017 - 1:30pm
Kirilly Lam, 17, is the first person in her family to have done the HSC and will study nursing at Western Sydney University.  Photo: Rob Cleary/Seen Australia
Kirilly Lam, 17, is the first person in her family to have done the HSC and will study nursing at Western Sydney University. Photo: Rob Cleary/Seen Australia
Kirilly Lam and her sister Caitlyn at her high school graduation night in December 2016.. Photo: Supplied
Kirilly Lam and her sister Caitlyn at her high school graduation night in December 2016.. Photo: Supplied

Born eight weeks premature, Kirilly Lam was a fighter from the beginning. Almost 18 years on, the student from Sydney's west has overcome the odds to become the first person in her immediate family to finish year 12 and go to university.

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