2021 Hills Original | Rashmi Chary | Class of 2009

Rashmi's passion for working with vulnerable and marginalised groups, and assisting them to access justice, is at the core of her life and work since she was a student at Hills Grammar.

Whilst studying Law and Communications at University she co-founded a student collective called SWEATS (students wanting to eliminate apparel and textile sweatshops). In her role as a Refugee Caseworker with Amnesty International, Rashmi worked with high trauma clients from a range of countries, became a legal intern at the United Nations Assistance to the Khmer Rouge Trials and coordinated the establishment of a legal clinic for people with disabilities in the Solomon Islands. 

Rashmi's work takes her to many remote communities and she is currently working with the United Nations Development Programme as an Access to Justice Officer with the Solomon Islands Access to Justice Project. Rashmi cites her Hills Grammar education as pivotal in realising her human rights dream by cultivating a strong sense of civic duty, creative thinking, humility and knowledge-seeking while striving to do one's best.

You can view Rashmi's address here.