Amee Henningsen, a Wakka Wakka woman based in Shepparton in northern Victoria, didn’t want to finish school even though she knew she wanted a career in business.

But thanks to her mother’s insistence, Henningsen, 23, completed her VCE, became the first person in her family to undertake tertiary study and is now a legal assistant specialising in conveyancing at local law firm Dawes and Vary Riordan Lawyers.