Awesome AJHS and ASHS Alumni

The recent AIMES awards have demonstrated the benefits of the Albany Education Pathway when they acknowledged our very own Sarina Todd.

At the recent AIMES awards, AJHS and ASHS alumni, Sarina Todd was acknowledged as a community leader and innovator when she received the Emerging Talent Award and Scholarship.

Sarina was in the class of 2017 at AJHS and graduated from ASHS at the end of 2020. She is a tireless worker for causes she is passionate about - valuing equity, service and leadership. For her first community project, Sarina instigated, led, designed and built a community garden at Albany Junior High School, to provide a habitat for the endangered monarchs to grow and thrive.

Sarina is passionate about encouraging young women and gender diverse individuals to pursue STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) careers. She co-founded the Women in STEM (WISTEM) Impact Project at Albany Senior High School. In lockdown, they contacted over 200 women in leadership, including Jacinda Ardern, Dr Michelle Dickinson, Dame Juliet Gerrard and Siouxsie Wiles. Interviews were filmed and went live on the WISTEM website which Sarina coded. This was shared with schools all over New Zealand.

Sarina is currently in her penultimate year at the University of Auckland, studying a Bachelor of Engineering (Hons) in Mechatronics Engineering.

We would like to congratulate Sarina on her achievements.