Scholarship Recipients

Since 2009, we have been proud to support outstanding students through our scholarship program. Each recipient has demonstrated exceptional dedication, academic achievement, and a commitment to making a difference in their communities. This section celebrates their hard work and success, recognizing the bright futures they continue to build. We invite you to explore the list of past recipients who embody the values and vision of our scholarship program.

 

Agnes Nemes-ChowAgnes Nemes-Chow

Agnes, originally from Hungary, has lived in Singapore for 20 years. She and her husband have 8 children. Agnes has a degree in Economics but following the birth of her first baby, she decided to become a stay-at-home mother.
 
Her first 2 children were born in Australia where she received outstanding breastfeeding support. Moving back to Singapore, she was surprised by the strong push for formula feeding and the cultural practices that undermined breastfeeding. Her own challenges breastfeeding a premature baby and struggling with delayed, insufficient milk production have spurred her on to help mothers who face breastfeeding difficulties. 
 
Agnes’ passion is to support young mothers in all aspects of parenting, with a particular focus on breastfeeding. Besides helping mothers in her closer community, she has been volunteering as a breastfeeding counselor with the local Breastfeeding Mothers’ Support Group for 3 years. Her volunteer work has involved online support to mothers, leading mother-to-mother meetings, and facilitating breastfeeding workshops.
 
With the IBCLC qualification, Agnes hopes to give professional help to many mothers, including low-income families who find it hard to afford such services. She also hopes to influence healthcare providers and policymakers to promote exclusive breastfeeding and make Singapore more breastfeeding-friendly. 
 
Health e-Learning is proud to have supported Agnes Nemes-Chow to reach her goal and she has now successfully achieved certification as an IBCLC in 2024. Congratulations Agnes!

Hazwani Fadhillah

Hazwani Fadhillah

Hazwani is a medical doctor, a wife, and a mother of 2 daughters. After experiencing difficulties in breastfeeding her firstborn, she decided to follow her heart helping mothers and babies. In Medan, where she lives, breastfeeding support services are still limited. Hazwani became a certified lactation counselor in 2018 and took another training in lactation and with the support of her family, she opened her own lactation clinic in her mother’s garage. To reach more families, she joined the Indonesia Breastfeeding Mothers Association (AIMI) and actively participates in AIMI’s activities, educating families about breastfeeding. Now she also works in a hospital in Medan as a Lactation Doctor, helping mothers to prepare for breastfeeding before birth and provides a lactation visit after birth.

While focusing on her work in lactation, she realised that becoming an IBCLC would allow her to make a bigger impact. The credential would make her more confident in giving support and help to families to reach their breastfeeding goals.

Health e-Learning is proud to have supported Dr. Hazwani Fadhillah to reach her goal and she has now successfully achieved certification as an IBCLC in 2022. Congratulations Hazwani!

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 Luciana Stehlik 

Luciana graduated from the Foreign Language University and has a master's in Intercultural Studies. When she gave birth to her daughter, she realized the fact that she needed support in breastfeeding, even though she followed a prenatal breastfeeding class. After a difficult start in breastfeeding, a lot of research done on the breastfeeding literature, and the support of an IBCLC, Luciana decided that she also can become the helpful person the parents need to initiate breastfeeding. And this means a total switch in her career as she is currently a Project Manager within an international corporation.

Luciana started doing volunteer work for a call center, answering mother’s calls from Romania and abroad related to breastfeeding concerns, as well as volunteer practice in one of the most important maternity wards in Bucharest, Romania. Currently, she is preparing for the IBCLC exam in April 2021 and counseling parents in breastfeeding and child nutrition, especially through phone or an online support group. Luciana is passionate about statistics and she is dreaming to increase the breastfeeding rates in her country, along with all the colleagues in her field, through education of parents, and medical health providers.

Health e-Learning is proud to have supported Luciana to reach her goal and she has now successfully achieved certification as an IBCLC in 2021. Congratulations Luciana!

Aster Tang small  Aster Tang

Aster, a native of Singapore, has a background in science and a Masters in environmental policy. She has been volunteering as a breastfeeding counsellor both online and in-person through various organizations. She is passionate about helping families navigate the peripartum period, which is mentally, emotionally, and physically challenging for many. Aster is also a community interpreter, where she helps families with limited English proficiency navigate the health and social system. The rewarding experience of seeing parents gain confidence in breastfeeding spurred Aster to take it a step further and delve into clinical components of lactation support through the IBCLC certification.
 
Health e-Learning is proud to have supported Aster to reach her goal and she has now successfully achieved certification as an IBCLC in 2021. Congratulations Aster!

Nguyen DaoNguyen Nhat Vu Dao

Nguyen is a qualified Breastfeeding Counsellor of The Australian Breastfeeding Association. She received her Cert IV in Nursing from the Australian Catholic University in 2012. However, her passion is not only about nursing, but also helping other members in her Vietnamese community, especially those who find English a language barrier.

Having a linguistics background, she decided to study Master of Translation and Interpreting and got her degree in 2015. The lack of breastfeeding and parenting information support in the Vietnamese community has urged her to research, translate and write related articles into Vietnamese. She has been counselling and helping thousands of Vietnamese mothers and families with breastfeeding issues, as well as weaning and parenting issues.

Nguyen is now working as an Interpreter and Translator while teaching Interpreting at Diploma level.

Health e-Learning is proud to have supported Nguyen to reach her goal and she has now successfully achieved certification as an IBCLC in 2021. Congratulations Nguyen!

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