The Year 10 Essendon Keilor College student has been getting study support at The Huddle since 2012 but finally got the chance to get inside the Kangaroos' headquarters during the past fortnight and get up close with his hero Majak Daw.
"I look up to Majak because he made it...it gives more opportunities for other multicultural kids. Maybe it helps us get noticed more now, kids from different backgrounds coming through," he said.
"Moving from a different culture, to fit in, being a good football player helps."
Now a West Coburg under 16's player, Mohamed has dreams of following in the footsteps of Daw and even though some of his peers don't understand why the Kenyan born teenager loves Aussie Rules, he just can't get enough of it.
"If I'm good enough I would love to play AFL footy, I've been playing since I was six. My friends think I'm weird because I play footy...I play soccer too but I don't know why, I just like footy more.
"The Huddle has helped bring me a lot of opportunity, not only with work experience but also football. They helped me get into the multicultural under-16's team and also Unity Cup."
Mohamed is up to speed with everything on-field and has been using his time at the Kangaroos to learn more about the off-field aspects of AFL life.
"Work experience has been fun because I've been able to do so many different things like helping with the school programs and getting to see more about what a footy club is really like and what they do," Mohamed said.
If his plans to become a player don't come to fruition, Mohamed is already thinking about a contingency plan.
"I might do engineering, or now that I've been around a footy club maybe I'll work in recruiting and help discover more African talent in the AFL."
In his early days, the 15-year-old spent time in Africa, but doesn't remember much. However he knows he's very lucky his mum Hamdi escaped Somalia when she did.
"Mum could hear shooting and everything next to her when she lived in Somalia," he told NMFC.com.au.
"I was born in Kenya. My parents are Somalian but moved when my mum was pregnant to avoid the civil war. My three oldest siblings, Sadia (25), Abdi (24) and Saeed (23) were born in Somalia but they all moved when mum was pregnant with my sister Fadumo (17)."
Mohamed's mum tells him stories about her life back in Somalia and despite the challenges she faced, the young teenager is very positive when he reflects on his family's journey.
"Mum said Somalia was good before the war but when the war happened, everything turned upside down. She didn't really get the education she needed. She had three kids by 19 and their dad died in the war.
"That's not a really big story though...back in Somalia some people have five kids and stuff and both their parents often die and they don't have any food or anything. We were fortunate to be able to come out to Australia when I was three."
Hamdi moved from Kenya to Melbourne first without her children and then Mohamed, only three years old at the time, came over with his siblings in the care of their older cousin. His dad went back to Somalia.
"My dad couldn't come to Australia so my mum's a single parent basically.
"I talk to my dad back in Somalia over the phone about every week. When I finish school I really want to go visit him. I wash the dishes and try help out at home when I don't have football, my little sister Ikrum (4) is very young so she's always a lot of work."
