USC Graduate Tackles Mental Health in New Job

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SOPHIA Parker started a job in her chosen career a month before she officially graduated with Honours from the University of the Sunshine Coast on April 17.

Sophia, 29, who grew up on the Sunshine Coast and attended Maroochydore State High, has moved to Toowoomba to become a Mental Health Promotion Officer.

"I'm involved in the planning, implementation and evaluation of health promotion programs focused around national and state health priorities," she said. "At the moment I'm focusing on mental health promotion and skin cancer prevention."

She applied for a job with Southern Population Health Services, Queensland Health, when she completed her Bachelor of …