"I just love seeing the kids achieve, it is so much fun ... I didn’t really want to be a mainstream teacher, special education is where I want to be." Sarah Poulos is seeing her dreams coming true. Currently in her fourth year of a Bachelor of Primary Education (Special Education) at Charles Sturt University (CSU), she describes her professional development goals as “to do my Masters and to secure a permanent job in a Special Education classroom - they are now both set in concrete.” Sarah has received a two-year scholarship from the Royal Institute for Deaf and Blind Children (RIDBC) valued at $15 000. Next year, Sarah will move to RIDBC in Sydney to complete a Master of Special Education degree, specialising in hearing impairment. She will work with children with cochlear implants, getting them ready for mainstream schools. Life is very full for Sarah; she is just back from one of her regular trips overseas, her summer job as a lifeguard and swim school coordinator at Dubbo Aquatic Leisure Centre begins soon in September, and she is getting married at Christmas.