A former Charles Sturt University (CSU) journalism student has been awarded a $500 scholarship by leading childhood cancer support charity Redkite to assist her to advance her career. Ms Angela Lavoipierre, who studied journalism  at the CSU School of Communication at Bathurst, was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukaemia just before she began her Higher School Certificate. Despite receiving chemotherapy and treatment throughout school and university, Ms Lavoipierre has worked hard and excelled at her studies. “I’m surprised and delighted to receive this scholarship and intend to use it to undertake freelance work,” Ms Lavoipierre said. “I plan to focus my stories on social justice issues in remote parts of New South Wales as they are often missed because they are too far out of the way for media attention.” Ms Lavoipierre is currently working as a journalist at ABC Radio News in Sydney.