Young Achiever 

31 August 22

Mariam Mohammed has been announced as the 2022 winner of the Freemasons of NSW/ACT Community Service Award, as part of the prestigious 7NEWS

 Young Achiever Awards for NSW/ACT! 

The winners were announced on Friday 13 May during a Gala Dinner Awards Presentation, hosted by Michael Usher of 7NEWS in front of an audience of over 360 people. 

Forty finalists were presented during the event, with ten category winners announced. The 2022 NSW/ACT Young Achiever of the Year was also awarded, with Angelique Wan of Consent Labs taking out the major honour.

Mariam Mohammed had won the Freemasons of NSW/ACT Community Service Award from a strong field of young achievers and it was presented by MW Bro Lesley Hicks, Grand Master. 

Mariam, 28 of Sydney co-founded MoneyGirl – a financial literacy social enterprise that delivers Australia’s first, and only, evidence-based financial education course for women. MoneyGirl has educated over 250 young women across the country, reinvesting profits to create scholarships for First Nations and refugee women. Having moved to Australia as a 19-year-old escaping gendered violence, Mariam is dedicated to uplifting women and empowering other changemakers to do the same. 

The ten category winners are: 

• Angelique Wan – Consent Labs, 24 of Surry Hills – Spirit Super Create Change Award 

• Corey Tutt, 29 of Port Macquarie – TransGrid Indigenous Achievement Award 

• Angelica Ojinnaka, 23 of Beaumont Hills – First National Real Estate Leadership Award 

• Josefine Andrei, 27 of Moncrieff – NSW Ministry of Health Public Health Pandemic Response Award 

• Jordan Gogos, 27 of Elizabeth Bay – OSMEN Creative Design Award 

• Mariam Mohammed, 28 of Sydney – Freemasons of NSW/ACT Community Service Award 

• Zoe Allan, 26 of Quirindi – Aboriginal Education Council Aboriginal Education Award 

• Bryce Cronin, 23 of Belconnen – Quattro Coffee Roasters Online Achievement Award 

• Matilda Harry, 23 of Kurrajong Heights – Western Sydney University Academic Achievement Award 

• Emma Peat – Daily Dough Co, 20 of Tumbi Umbi – Qoin Small Business Achiever Award 

Winners each received $500 cash, $500 worth of Qoin, plus a mentoring package from The Impact Collective worth $2,000 along with a magnificent trophy. 

Annabelle King was also announced as winner of the People’s Choice Award, presented by Off Trail Coffee with a $500 pre-paid Visa gift card as the prize.