Meet Charlotte and Brigette

Congratulations to our two wonderful SENIA Student Award winners for 2022 – Charlotte Holme and Brigette Yasin!

The SENIA Student Award is awarded annually to students who embody SENIA’s mission and vision of promoting inclusion in their communities.  Each winner will receive a plaque, a monetary scholarship and a certificate to show our appreciation of the important work they are doing.

 Charlotte Holme has finished her schooling and training and found supported employment at Steps Business Service Center.  Here she has been able to shine as an employee with so much to give.  Some words her employers and colleagues use to describe Charlotte are reliable, hard worker, impeccable attention to detail and dependable. She mentors other trainees during her work day and has become a role model for her work ethic and flow of work.  She has helped to trial non verbal communication systems that let her supervisor know when she needs support or has completed a task. Charlotte is leading the way in encouraging more employers to hire individuals with disabilities and showing that with a few accommodations, individuals with disabilities can be valuable, capable members of a team.  Congratulations, Charlotte!

Brigette Yasin is an avid athlete who represents her school, Keningau Vocational College, at national track meets in Malaysia.  She recently set a new state record of 54 second women’s 400-meter sprint and won both the gold and silver medals in sprint.  She actively promotes inclusive athletics in her state and has become a role model for disabled athletes.  As Brigette is hearing impaired, she wants people to know that she has a voice to be heard and included.  Brigette uses her voice to promote equal representation for athletics as her non-disabled peers so that she may realize her dream of representing Malaysia in the Paralympics.  Congratulations, Brigette!