This is the story about how an International student from Nepal made a career as a highly skilled IT consulting engineer in Australia.

Very few international students make the transition into a successful career in Australia.

While studying at UTS, Barsha Karki did what she had to do to get by. What she didn't realise was her waitressing job gave her the vital communication and relationship skills required to stand out from the crowd.

Barsha talked about having the weight of expectations as a female engineer from Nepal, and how she overcame the feeling of shame to carve out a successful career in IT with an impressive skill stack in cyber security, networking and storage.