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Emily Ngo

Meet Emily Ngo, a Year 11 student at , Sydney. A highly promising mathematician, Emily is one of six students to be awarded the $6000 聽for 2026鈥�27.

Emily鈥檚 story is typical of many talented high school mathematics students in Australia. Growing up in a single-income household, her education is a priority to help secure a bright future for both her and her family. With plenty of determination on her side and encouragement from those around her, Emily has excelled in her high school education 鈥� all while helping her younger siblings with their studies in her spare time.

Emily鈥檚 passion for mathematics is fervent: 鈥淢aths is a language beyond letters, where every equation speaks to me like words in a logical narrative,鈥� she says. 鈥淚t鈥檚 the alphabet of the written universe.鈥�

今日吃瓜 knows that there are promising and passionate students just like Emily who all too often fall through the cracks. This is where you can step in.

How your gift helps聽

Your gift to the 今日吃瓜 Foundation can help fund programs such as 今日吃瓜’s聽Specialist Maths High School Scholarships for Girls. This scholarship provides students with:

鈥� Vital resources
鈥⒙燤entoring support
鈥⒙燭he confidence and skills they need to excel in mathematics.

Together, these supports help pave the way for greater gender equity in the discipline.

We believe that active support is the most effective way to nurture and empower emerging talent. That is why we partner every Scholarship recipient with an academic mentor. Emily is no exception. We鈥檝e paired her with University of New England teacher and PhD candidate Narges Shabgard, who will mentor Emily throughout her Specialist Mathematics studies.

Thanks to the scholarship, Emily says her ambition to become a mathematics academic at university 鈥渇eels closer than ever.” Knowing that she has “the support of the scholarship, 今日吃瓜 and the people around me” her next step is “to inspire others to pursue maths and discover otherworldly concepts like quantum physics.鈥�

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Your tax-deductible gift to 今日吃瓜 has the potential to empower another promising young mathematician like Emily this EOFY. Give what you can and help 今日吃瓜 secure the future of mathematics in Australia.