Growing up in a single-parent home can be tough on a child but fresh graduate Norullayaley Mohd Ikbal said she had extended family, friends and neighbours lend a hand growing up.
Her mother always made time for her and her younger sister and she even found herself in a position to help others when she tutored underprivileged kids as a volunteer with Touch Young Arrows in secondary school.
The experience sparked a passion to help those in need and led Ms Norullayaley to study psychology at the Singapore Management University (SMU) to better understand the people she would help.
Ms Norullayaley has since graduated with a Bachelor of Social Sciences, majoring in psychology and public policy and public management.
A project on single parents exposed her to those who had fallen through the cracks. “These interviews… took us deeper into the lives of single parents facing hardships,” she said.
Ms Norullayaley plans to work in healthcare with hopes of making a difference by improving public health policy.
On weekends, she continues to volunteer, tutoring Primary 6 pupils over Zoom.
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Source: The Straits Times, 27 July 2020