Jada Gilbert, Queensland University of Technology

Indigenous student in planning award

Jada Gilbert is achieving outstanding results in urban development through a Bachelor of Design / Bachelor of Urban Development (Honours) with majors in Urban and Regional Planning and Landscape Architecture at QUT.

Jada is building connections with the QUT Planning Students Association and Oodgeroo unit and is the first member of her immediate family to attend university. She feels a strong determination to excel in her studies and plans to draw upon the wisdom inherited from her ancestors to guide her planning initiatives, aiming to infuse her cultural heritage into future land development plans.