Of all the students who finished year 12 in the Northern Territory last year, only 5 per cent were from remote communities. Amaya Chula wants to help change that.
On top of the usual challenges of high school, Amaya also encountered and endured racism.
After returning to Wadeye, Amaya said she couldn't shake the feeling of being discriminated against "just because I was black or different from the other kids"."I hated it more because, when I went back to Wadeye, I thought, 'Half these guys don't even understand what racism is'. "The education of my culture is way more important to me than any education that I'll ever receive outside of that," she said.
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