NHILL'S Thablay Sher is giving back to the community she loves by helping Karen students and families with school life at Nhill College.
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Miss Sher and her family are originally from Burma.
The Sher family moved to Australia six years ago, lived in Melbourne for three years and then moved to Nhill about three years ago.
Miss Sher studied year 11 and 12 at Nhill College, graduating in 2013.
She then studied community services in Melbourne for six months.
After returning to Nhill she was offered a job at the college as the college interpreter.
"I do everything to do with translation," she said.
"I help the parents with everything."
Miss Sher will help with anything from filling out forms for excursions to ordering school uniforms.
"Sometimes they will have information nights and I will go to the meeting and translate," she said.
Miss Sher also helps students in the classroom and at home.
"I love it. The students are so sweet, everyone is so nice to me," she said.
Miss Sher said it was important to her to work and live in a community like Nhill.
"I like Nhill so much, the community is so nice and supportive," she said.
Principal Joanna Day said Miss Sher was an asset to the college.
"We are thrilled to now have her working with us," she said.
"Having Thablay working full-time means whenever Karen parents need to come to school, they know Thablay will be there to help with translation."
Miss Sher works at the college as part of the English as an Additional Language team.
EAL co-ordinator Michele Schwarz said the program supported 35 students in the college, about 10 per cent of the student body.
"The majority of students are from a Karen background although we also have South African, Filipino and Thai students," she said.
She said one of the goals was to develop students' language skills, especially in the older year levels, to helo them gain work or further study after high school.