Brooke Boney Instagram – Television star Brooke Boney (@boneybrooke) surprised everyone when she announced she was walking away from her high-profile job on Today to study at Oxford University. But for the proud Kamilaroi woman, who grew up as one of six children with a mother in public house, it is a dream come true.
The 37-year-old’s journey may not be a predictable one, but she was raised to always reach further. When asked by Jacqueline Maley in this week’s cover story why she wants to leave the security and fun of her current life to return to the obscure existence of a student. The reason, she says, is “so, so corny”.
During the 2020 COVID lockdown she watched the Michelle Obama documentary Becoming, in which the former First Lady talks to young black girls about going to Harvard. “I remember thinking, ‘I’d like to be able to inspire other people to do that,’” Boney recalls. “There was this thing, like, ‘I need to step up.’”
At the link in bio she talks with Jacqueline Maley about her future hopes, her upcoming last hurrah in Paris covering the Olympic Games, and why she won’t miss those early morning wake-up calls.
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