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    Meet the QDN Emerging Leaders - 2025

    A woman standing with her arms crossed and smiling at the camera. She has short, light brown hair. She is wearing a black, thin strapped dress over an emerald, green t-shirt and green earrings.

    Samantha "Sam" Rowe

    Brisbane, Queensland

    A woman standing with her arms crossed, smiling at the camera. She has blonde hair tied back into a ponytail. She is wearing a dark top with a silky pale pink blazer.

    Anna Fletcher-Just

    Macleay Island, Queensland

    A woman standing and smiling at the camera. She has long, black hair and is wearing a black long-sleeved dress with a red floral pattern.

    Sarah Archer

    Gold Coast, Queensland

    A woman looking at the camera with her head tilted to the left and a big smile. She has long dark hair tied into a high ponytail. She is wearing a white dress with a pattern of red cherries with green stems throughout.

    Bianca "B" Saez

    Sunshine Coast, Queensland

    A woman standing in front of the camera with her hands in her front pockets, smiling at the camera. She has dark hair tied back into a low ponytail. She is wearing a brown short-sleeved jumper with light coloured pants.

    Erin Ellison

    Sunshine Coast, Queensland

    A man standing, looking at the camera with a big smile on his face. He has his thumbs hooked into his front pockets. He has long dark hair and a mustache. He is wearing a blue paisley bandana and sunglasses on his head, a black t-shirt and blue denim shorts with a black belt. He has two tattoos on his right forearm, and a tattoo on his wrist and a tattoo on his left forearm. He is wearing a prosthetic left leg just above his knee.

    Peter "Hop" Sledgers

    Gladstone, Queensland

     

    A woman in a silver and red wheelchair smiling at the camera. She has short dark hair and is wearing glasses. She is wearing a white lace top with dark pants and black shoes.

    Cheryl Walsh

    Caboolture, Queensland

     

    A woman standing and smiling at the camera, with her hand on her left hip. She has dark hair pulled back into a high ponytail. She is wearing a black sleeveless top with black pants.

    Chloe Haywood

    Ipswich, Queensland

    A woman standing smiling and looking at the camera. She has short, brown hair and is wearing a dark blue dress with short, lace sleeves.

    Jade "Luna" Kelly

    Caboolture, Queensland

    A man standing and smiling at the camera. He has short, dark hair and is wearing a green polo shirt, black jeans and blue and orange trainers. He is holding the lead to a black assistance dog who is wearing a blue harness. He is wearing a black belt bag around his waist.

    Henry Macphillamy

    Brisbane, Queensland

    A woman standing and smiling at the camera. She has dark, shoulder length hair and is wearing a blue swirly-patterned, long-sleeve dress.

    Helen Robinson

    Brisbane, Queensland

    A woman standing and smiling at the camera. She has light brown hair tied back into a ponytail. She is wearing a light blue and white gingham patterned dress with capped sleeves.

    Breanna Atkinson

    Longreach, Queensland

    A woman smiling and looking at the camera. She has shoulder length brown hair. She is wearing a black top, grey pants and is holding a silver cane.

    Jaceen Ross

    Gladstone, Queensland

    A man smiling, looking at the camera with his arms crossed. He has short dark red hair and a short beard. He is wearing a purple top with pictures of small rockets and a green collar

    Aaron Cotton

    Logan, Queensland

    A man standing with his hands in his pockets, smiling at the camera. He has short dark hair, medium-length dark beard and is wearing glasses. He is wearing a maroon coloured polo shirt with a thin white strip on the sleeve cuffs and collar and brown pants.

    Michael Shanahan

    Sunshine Coast, Queensland

     

    A woman with glasses standing in front of the camera smiling. She has long, dark wavy hair tied back into a ponytail with a yellow patterned head scarf. She is wearing a black and white striped t-shirt and a black harness.

    Georgia Scott

    Logan, Queensland

     

    A woman standing in front of the camera with her hands in her front pockets, smiling. She has short dark hair and is wearing glasses. She is wearing a black button up shirt with dark blue jeans.

    Jodie Cowie

    Brisbane, Queensland

     

    A man crouching and smiling at the camera. He is wearing a black polo shirt, dark denim shorts and black trainers. He is holding the lead to an assistance dog who has dark fur and is wearing an orange harness.

    Chass Moller-Nielsen

    Brisbane, Queensland

    A woman with glasses standing in front of the camera, smiling. She has her arms crossed and her head tilted to the left. She is wearing a terracotta and white stripped dress with short flowy sleeves.

    Lily Rosevear

    Brisbane, Queensland

    A woman standing with her arms crossed and smiling at the camera. She is wearing glasses and has short black hair in a bob style. She is wearing a dark red top with a black long-sleeved cardigan.

    Monica Song

    Brisbane, Queensland

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    Nick Coriat

    Scarborough, Queensland

     

    A man in a wheelchair facing and smiling at the camera. He has short dark hair and is wearing a grey t-shirt, blue shorts and black sandals. His back left wheelchair wheel is decorated with North Queensland Cowboys logos.

    Marcus Huen

    Townsville Queensland

     

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    A man in a wheelchair laughing with a lady wearing dark glasses holding a cane.

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