What are the Trailblazer Awards?
The Trailblazer Awards celebrates Year 12 students beyond their ATAR, recognising students from across Australia who have overcome personal challenges and used their final year of school to positively impact their community.
The Trailblazer Awards acknowledge the significant contributions of 50 students within their schools, local communities and the impacts of their achievements. Our Top 50 Trailblazers will go on to have an incredible impact as future leaders in Australia!
The Top 50 Year 12 Trailblazers for 2022 were selected by our judges:
- Marina Wu – Co-Founder & Chief Community Officer at Earlywork
- Mandy Dante – CEO & Founder of Flourish Girl, accredited TEDx speaker and facilitator, senior female facilitator at The Rites of Passage Institute
- Jahin Tanvir – 2022 Young Australian of the Year Finalist, Youth Ambassador at UNICEF, award-winning keynote and TEDx speaker, Board Director of the Adolescent Health Association of Australia
- Elisabeth Goh – Blackmores Women+Wellbeing Winner, Anthill 30 Under 30 Entrepreneur Winner, NSW Rural Fire Service Firefighter
Who made the Top 50 Trailblazers?
We’re proud to present the Top 50 Year 12 Trailblazers for 2022! A huge congratulations to these 50 incredibly deserving students out of the impressive field of applicants — the judges all shared the difficulty in selecting a Top 50!
You can learn about the unique journeys each of these students has had throughout their final year of schooling, and how they navigated Year 12 differently, by heading to their profiles.
| First Name | Last Name | School | Suburb | State | Category | Bio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Munira Tabassum | Ahmed | Baulkham Hills High School | Kellyville | NSW | Social Impact & Change | Profile |
| Mohammed | Ansari | Al-Faisal College | Oran Park | NSW | Social Impact & Change | Profile |
| Khiera | Bartlett | Bishop Tyrrell Anglican College | Cameron Park | NSW | Social Impact & Change | Profile |
| Joanna | Benedict | Santa Sabina College | Strathfield | NSW | Social Impact & Change | Profile |
| Tahlee | Cale | Comet Bay College | Secret Harbour | WA | Social Impact & Change | Profile |
| Victoria | Carr | Catherine McAuley Westmead | Greystanes | NSW | Science & Technology | Profile |
| Isla | Casey | Damascus College Ballarat | Invermay Park | VIC | Social Impact & Change | Profile |
| Toby | Chandiok | Ryde Secondary College | Ryde | NSW | Social Impact & Change | Profile |
| Joseph | Clarke | St John Paul College | Toormina | NSW | Social Impact & Change | Profile |
| James | Clarke | St Francis De Sales Regional College | Coleambally | NSW | Business & Entrepreneurship | Profile |
| Harrison | Colyer | St John Paul College | Coffs Harbour | NSW | Social Impact & Change | Profile |
| Kiri | Crittenden | Woonona High School | Bulli | NSW | Science & Technology | Profile |
| Ryan | Dagg | Kellyville High School | Kellyville | NSW | Business & Entrepreneurship | Profile |
| Minalu | de Graaf | Lambton High School | North Lambton | NSW | Science & Technology | Profile |
| Chahed | Dennaoui | Wiley Park Girls High School | Punchbowl | NSW | Business & Entrepreneurship | Profile |
| Prisha | Desai | Hornsby Girls High School | Dundas | NSW | Social Impact & Change | Profile |
| Marcus | Dimitri | Penrith Anglican College | Emu Plains | NSW | Business & Entrepreneurship | Profile |
| Manit | Gopal | Aspley State High School | Carseldine | QLD | Social Impact & Change | Profile |
| Taya | Higgins | Cerdon College Merrylands | Greystanes | NSW | Business & Entrepreneurship | Profile |
| Manasvi | Javaji | Cheltenham Girls High School | Schofields | NSW | Arts & Music | Profile |
| Harshita | Jayaprakash | Macquarie Fields High School | Denham Court | NSW | Social Impact & Change | Profile |
| Amelia | Kirkby | Abbotsleigh | Wahroonga | NSW | Arts & Music | Profile |
| Rebeccah | Leishman | Coffs Harbour Senior College | Boambee | NSW | Social Impact & Change | Profile |
| Angelina | Mahfouz | St Ursula's College Kingsgrove | Beverly Hills | NSW | Business & Entrepreneurship | Profile |
| Laila | McDonald | St John Paul College | Coffs Harbour | NSW | Social Impact & Change | Profile |
| Max | McFarlane | Inverell High School | Inverell | NSW | Social Impact & Change | Profile |
| Antonia | Mercado Garrido | The Ponds High School | The Ponds | NSW | Social Impact & Change | Profile |
| Sophie | Newsham | St Scholastica's College, Glebe | Hurlstone Park | NSW | Social Impact & Change | Profile |
| Paris | Obakpolo | Wollondilly Anglican College | Tahmoor | NSW | Arts & Music | Profile |
| Dean | Overton | Woonona High School | Woonona | NSW | Science & Technology | Profile |
| Agalya | Pavalan | Baulkham Hills High School | Winston Hills | NSW | Arts & Music | Profile |
| Dhilsadhi | Ranasinghe | Baulkham Hills High School | Box Hill | NSW | Business & Entrepreneurship | Profile |
| Thomas | Rodenhuis | St Stanislaus College Bathurst | Eglinton | NSW | Social Impact & Change | Profile |
| Chesley | Sabangan | Richard Johnson Anglican School | Ropes Crossing | NSW | Social Impact & Change | Profile |
| Lalit | Sahni | Sydney Technical High School | Revesby | NSW | Business & Entrepreneurship | Profile |
| Jasmeet Kaur | Saini | Blacktown Girls High School | Glenmore Park | NSW | Business & Entrepreneurship | Profile |
| Madeleine | Saxby | Woonona High School | Woonona | NSW | Social Impact & Change | Profile |
| Taliah | Scanlan | Catherine McAuley Westmead | Seven Hills | NSW | Social Impact & Change | Profile |
| Somika Jashni | Singh | Liverpool Girls High School | Casula | NSW | Social Impact & Change | Profile |
| Damien | Sinha | Patrician Brothers College Blacktown | Blacktown | NSW | Science & Technology | Profile |
| Daniya | Syed | Unity Grammar College | Oran Park | NSW | Science & Technology | Profile |
| Natalia | Tartak | Bethlehem College Ashfield | Belfield | NSW | Social Impact & Change | Profile |
| Calista | Tjoputra | Carlingford High School | North Rocks | NSW | Business & Entrepreneurship | Profile |
| Radhika | Valanju | Baulkham Hills High School | Kings Langley | NSW | Science & Technology | Profile |
| Alexandra | Ventura | Bethlehem College, Ashfield | Canterbury | NSW | Science & Technology | Profile |
| Farrah | Wahidin | St Ursula's College, Kingsgrove | Wattle Grove | NSW | Social Impact & Change | Profile |
| Aimee | Wallace | Northern Beaches Secondary College Manly Campus | Cromer | NSW | Social Impact & Change | Profile |
| Quinn | Watson | Woolgoolga High School | Arrawarra Headland | NSW | Social Impact & Change | Profile |
| Megan | Williams | Bishop Tyrrell Anglican College | Wallsend | NSW | Social Impact & Change | Profile |
| Jason | Yan | Sydney Boys High School | Croydon | NSW | Sport & Elite Competitions | Profile |
Our Top 10 Trailblazers
| First Name | Last Name | School | Suburb | State | Category | Bio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Munira Tabassum | Ahmed | Baulkham Hills High School | Kellyville | NSW | Social Impact & Change | Profile |
| Khiera | Bartlett | Bishop Tyrrell Anglican College | Cameron Park | NSW | Social Impact & Change | Profile |
| Ryan | Dagg | Kellyville High School | Kellyville | NSW | Business & Entrepreneurship | Profile |
| Minalu | de Graaf | Lambton High School | North Lambton | NSW | Science & Technology | Profile |
| Marcus | Dimitri | Penrith Anglican College | Emu Plains | NSW | Business & Entrepreneurship | Profile |
| Rebeccah | Leishman | Coffs Harbour Senior College | Boambee | NSW | Social Impact & Change | Profile |
| Dean | Overton | Woonona High School | Woonona | NSW | Science & Technology | Profile |
| Madeleine | Saxby | Woonona High School | Woonona | NSW | Social Impact & Change | Profile |
| Daniya | Syed | Unity Grammar College | Oran Park | NSW | Science & Technology | Profile |
| Radhika | Valanju | Baulkham Hills High School | Kings Langley | NSW | Science & Technology | Profile |
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