About Angelina
I know exactly what it feels like
to start over.
In 2018, we packed up our life in Serbia: three kids, five suitcases, and a quiet terror that we'd just made the biggest mistake of our lives, and we landed in Perth.
Before Australia, I had a career. I was a journalist, a marketer, a parenting blogger with a real audience. I had founded an NGO. I had worked with Pampers, Coca-Cola, and Always. I was known. I had built something.
Then I arrived in Australia, and none of it mattered.
In a new country, you are not your CV. You are not your title. You are not your past achievements. You are just a person with an accent and no local experience.
So my husband and I started a cleaning business. For three years, we cleaned homes and offices — twelve to sixteen hours a day — while I studied for my Master's degree in Marketing and Innovation on the side. It was brutal. It was humbling. And it was, in a strange way, the making of us.
It took me more than a year and a half to get my first marketing role in Australia. Not because I lacked skills — I had 15 years of experience and international clients. But because I was on a student visa with limited working rights, and no employer would take that risk. In the end, it wasn't a polished CV that got me in. It was a recommendation from one of my cleaning clients.
Today, I work as a Marketing Executive at the company that sponsors my visa. We are applying for Permanent Residency. Perth is home.
"Između dva sveta, gradimo jedan život."
Between two worlds, we build one life.
Serbia — Before
Perth — The Rebuild
ECU — Master's Degree
Perth — Today
Why Aussie Immigrants
But here's what nobody told me
before we moved.
Immigration is not a relocation. It is an identity rebuild. The grief of leaving. The confusion of arriving. The loneliness of years two and three, when the excitement fades and the hard work of belonging begins.
The strange feeling of going back to Serbia for the first time after six years and realising you now have two homes — and belong fully to neither.
Nobody talked about any of that. The blogs I found were run by visa lawyers. The Facebook groups were full of questions, but short on honest answers. The Instagram accounts showed beaches and sunsets.
Aussie Immigrants is the platform I wish had existed when we landed.
Not a visa guide. Not a legal resource. Those exist. This is something else: real stories, honest experiences, and practical wisdom from people who have actually lived the immigrant life in Australia — the beautiful parts and the brutal ones.
I am a 48-year-old Serbian woman who has been writing professionally since 2001. I have been a journalist, an NGO founder, a parenting influencer, a marketing strategist, and now — a storyteller for immigrants.
This is my most personal project yet. Welcome. You are not alone.
— Angelina Radulovic, Perth, Western Australia
P.S. My husband would tell you I once wrote a story about toilet paper that made people cry. He's not wrong.
The Journey
From Belgrade to Perth —
in milestones.
Started writing professionally as a journalist in Serbia
Began writing online — one of Serbia's first parenting bloggers
Founded the Serbian Parents Network NGO. Became a known face in Serbian media
Packed five suitcases, three kids, and landed in Perth on a student visa
Ran a cleaning business for three years — 12–16 hour days — while completing a Master's in Marketing and Innovation
First marketing role in Australia — more than a year after arriving
Marketing Executive at the company that sponsors our visa. PR application in progress
Building Aussie Immigrants — the platform I wish had existed when we landed
Our Family
This is not just my story.
It's ours.
Immigration is never one person's journey. My husband left behind his career, his friends, his entire world — and rebuilt it from scratch alongside me. Our three children grew up between two cultures, two languages, two versions of home.
Our eldest was 13 when we arrived. Our youngest was 7. They are now 21, 18, and 15 — and watching them navigate both worlds, with ease and grace and a confidence we never had at their age, is the greatest gift this journey has given us.
More of our family story is coming — the honest, unfiltered version. The fights, the doubts, the moments we almost went back, and the moments we knew we never would.
Read Our Story"Immigration splits your heart into two countries. But it also doubles your strength, your perspective, and your courage."
— Angelina Radulovic
The Vision
This is not just a blog.
It is a platform being built in phases.
Blog + Instagram + Newsletter
Building an audience with honest content. Real stories, practical guides, and a newsletter community.
Digital Products
Moving guides, CV templates, budget planners, suburb guides — resources that solve real immigrant problems.
Community
A private community, meetups, immigrant directory, and job board. A place to find your people.
Coaching & Services
Career coaching for immigrants, CV writing, workshops, and courses. Real support for real people.
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