Bernard is from the Philippines and found a new home in Australia. He chose Darwin to enhance his bachelor’s degree in accounting further and gained his master’s in professional accounting at Charles Darwin University. After completing his studies, he was fortunate to be a volunteer tax advisor in the CDU Tax clinic 2020 and helped unrepresented individuals with their tax affairs. Later he joined SAMAF as a consultant, which magnified his calling and purpose of supporting small to large-scale businesses with accounting variables like tax compliance and comprehensive financial planning.