How Gen Z will lead the pandemic recovery in a technological world

The 21-year-old was forced to return home to live with her parents in Melbourne and had to defer the final year of her studies, but she quickly found ways to use her skills.

“I started working for a fashion brand where I would take pictures of their latest stock and then do all the Photoshop edits and upload the pictures to their website,” Ms Clark said.

“I was using my photography skills, but in a way I never would have expected to before the pandemic started.”

Even that job was affected by the pandemic, with that fashion label shutting down for six months during Victoria’s strict lockdown in 2020.

Ms Clark intended to return to New York to finish her degree once the pandemic had passed, but suspected she would chase far…