The motivation to work hard and help her single mother of three children look after the family was what drove 19-year-old Meeshal Ayushna to succeed in her studies.

The Ba lass was lost for words after she was given the 2022 Dux award for Nakasi High School on friday.

Flanked by her mother, two young­er siblings, uncle and grandmother, Meeshal dedicated her achievement to her two uncles who helped raise her from when she was a child.

“My father left me when I was 8months old so my maternal uncle raised me as a father figure and I saw him as my role model. I wanted to be like him,” she said.

As an arts student Meeshal chose to study Accounting, Economics and Computer Science so that she could follow in her uncle’s footsteps and pursue a career as an Account­ant.

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