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2022 Award Winners

National Winners

2022 Educator of the Year - Hannah Smith, Mid Coast Family Day Care, New South Wales

2022 Coordinator of the Year - Kathi Hewitson, Foundations Family Day Care, Victoria

2022 Service of the Year - Elite Family Day Care, Western Australia

National Finalists

Educator Finalists

ACT/NSW - Hannah Smith, Mid Coast Family Day Care, New South Wales

NT/QLD - Felica Burridge, NQ Family Day Care, Queensland

SA/WA - Rebecca Beattie, Nature Alliance Family Day Care, Western Australia

TAS/VIC - Sue Higgs, Adventure Patch Family Day Care, Tasmania

Coordinator Finalists

ACT/NSW - Cindy Warren, Open Arms Family Day Care, New South Wales

NT/QLD - Ricky Fazldeen, Marlin Coast Family Day Care, Queensland

SA/WA - Michelle Richter, Northside Family Day Care, South Australia

TAS/VIC - Kathi Hewitson, Foundations Family Day Care, Victoria

Service Finalists

ACT/NSW - Early Years Care, New South Wales

NT/QLD - Choices Family Day Care, Queensland

SA/WA - Elite Family Day Care, Western Australia

TAS/VIC - Adventure Patch Family Day Care, Tasmania

Star Awards

Emerging Star Award Winners

Educator - Chloe Weir, Windermere Family Day Care, Victoria

Coordinator - Kylie Smith, Excellence in Care Family Day Care, Queensland

Service - Garden Play Family Day Care, Western Australia

Perpetual Star Award Winners

Educator - Kylie Graetz, Uniting Family Day Care Wimmera, Victoria

Coordinator - Karen Beech, Campbelltown Family Day Care, New South Wales

Service - Maitland Family Day Care, New South Wales

2022 Regional Educator Awards

ACT | NSW | NT | QLD | SA | TAS | VIC | WA

Australian Capital Territory

Ayesha Durrani - North Canberra, Communities@Work Family Day Care and In-Home Care

Leah Uttley - South Canberra, Communities@Work Family Day Care and In-Home Care

New South Wales

Ilana Butnaru - CBD, Inner West & Eastern Suburbs, Family Day Care Sydney Wide

Shoko Wark - North Shore & Northern Beaches, Artarmon Family Day Care

Afroza Yasmin - North West & Hills District , Baulkham Hills Family Day Care

Sreevidya Yadatisastrula - Parramatta & Western Suburbs, Twinkle Family Daycare

Emma Turnbull - Richmond & Hawkesbury, Collective Family Day Care

Kristina Lepedjian - Ryde & Macquarie Park, Christian Community Aid Family Day Care

Jacqueline Singh - South West & M5 Corridor, Camden Family Day Care

Magda Sanchez - Southern Suburbs & Sutherland Shire, Sutherland Shire Council Family Day Care

Mahananda Jamble - Albury Wodonga & Murray, Greater Hume Children Services

Kylie Hazell - Blue Mountains & Central West, Bathurst Family Day Care

Hannah Smith - Coffs Harbour & North Coast, Mid Coast Family Day Care

Vanessa Edwards - Dubbo & Central, Cabonne Family Day Care

Jo-Anne Warhurst - Far West & Central North, Far West Family Day Care Services

Renuka Raj - Gosford & Central Coast, Coastwide Family Day Care

Maddison Lord - Goulburn & Southern Tablelands, Goulburn Family Day Care

Linda Fraser - Newcastle, Maitland & Hunter, Coastwide Family Day Care

Kaylene Milligan - Port Macquarie & Mid North Coast, Mid Coast Family Day Care

Karen Grieve - Tamworth & North West, Tamworth Family Day Care

Anna Johansen - Tumut, Southern Highlands & Snowy, Wingecarribee Family Day Care

Angela Coffey - Wagga Wagga & Riverina, Intereach Family Day Care

Linda Tandy - Wollongong, Illawarra & South Coast, Early Years Care

Northern Territory

Cecile Miel - Darwin, Kentish Family Day Care

Emily Lawler - Alice Springs, Alice Springs Family Day Care

Queensland

Renae Green - Brisbane North/Sunshine Coast, Empowered Family Day Care Service

Yilin Liu - Brisbane South, My Place Family Day Care

Sarah McIver - Brisbane West/Ipswich/Boonah, Choices Family Day Care

Felica Burridge - Cairns & Far North, North Qld Family Day Care

Lisemay Townsend-Lalloo - Logan/Redlands/Gold Coast, Excellence In Care Family Day Care

Anna Wertmuller - Mount Isa/Western Qld, Holistic Approach Family Day Care

Rebecca Dwyer - Rockhampton/Central Qld, Enhance Family Day Care - Capricornia

Kylie Brown - Toowoomba/Darling Downs/Somerset/Lockyer, Excellence In Care Family Day Care

Alysha McNeill - Townsville/Northern Qld, Enhance Family Day Care - Townsville & Regions

Belinda Crosbie - Wide Bay/Hervey Bay/Maryborough, Enhance Family Day Care - Capricornia

South Australia

Amber Connolly - Adelaide, Southern Districts Family Day Care Scheme

Merrilyn Hannaford - Adelaide Hills & Barossa , Hills Murraylands Family Day Care Scheme

Helen Preston - Mt Gambier & Limestone Coast, South East Riverland Family Day Care Scheme

Alison Cook - Riverland & Murray Mallee, Hills Murraylands Family Day Care Scheme

Tara Utting - Whyalla & Eyre Peninsula, Eastern Eyre Family Day Care Scheme

Maxine Voigt - Yorke Peninsula & Clare Valley, Country Central Family Day Care Scheme

Tasmania

Trudy Chilcott - Devonport & North West, Adventure Patch Family Day Care North

Sue Higgs - Hobart & South, Adventure Patch Family Day Care

Svitlana Brasher - Launceston & North, Northern Children's Network Family Day Care & In Home Care

Victoria

Zenaida Ternola - Bayside & South Eastern Suburbs, Wyndham Early Learning Family Day Care

Mahnoosh Khayamim - Eastern Suburbs, Shining Stars Family Day Care Services

Nuzhat Nadeem - Northern Suburbs, Unicorn Family Daycare

Katherine Truong - Western Suburbs, Lil' Angels Family Day Care

Natasha Blackwell - Bairnsdale & Gippsland, Windermere Family Day Care

Janina Sharer - Ballarat & Central Highlands, Golden Plains Family Day Care

Debra Towerton - Bendigo, Goldfields & Macedon Ranges, Bendigo Family Day Care

Jacqui Sestito - Geelong & Great Ocean Road, City of Greater Geelong Family Day Care Service

Jacqueline Wallace - Horsham & Grampians, Inspired Family Day Care

Kelly Martin - Mildura & Murray, Intereach Family Day Care

Karen Eldred - Shepparton & Goulburn Valley, Holistic Approach Family Day Care

Megan Dunks - Traralgon & La Trobe Valley, Baw Baw Shire Family Day Care

Julie Parker - Yarra Valley & High Country, Foundations Family Day Care

Western Australia

Rebecca Beattie - CBD, Inner & Western Suburbs, Nature Alliance Family Day Care

Nicole Dreja - Eastern Suburbs, Nature Alliance Family Day Care

Roselyn Lawrence-Williams - Fremantle & Southern Suburbs, Connections Family Day Care

Alpa Shah - Northern Suburbs & Joondalup, Nectar Family Day Care Service

Emma Fox - Rockingham & Kwinana, Elite Family Day Care

Elspeth Smith - Albany & Great Southern, Willi Wag Tails Family Day Care Services

Elizabeth Stanger - Broome & Kimberley, Nature Alliance Family Day Care

Cassandra Dennison - Bunbury & South West, Nature Alliance Family Day Care

Sri Morgan - Geraldton, Gascoyne & Midwest, Elite Family Day Care

Jennifer Kroeger - Kalgoorie, Goldfields & Esperance, Nature Alliance Family Day Care

Stacey Ann Gallagher - Mandurah & Peel, Bright Futures Family Day Care

Tanya Lee Phillips - Northam & Wheatbelt, Willi Wag Tails Family Day Care Services