But the fight has only served to spur on the 28-year-old to fulfil her dreams of becoming a childcare educator.

Now the Warilla resident is on a mission to make life easier for all kids and has trained her focus on opening an "all-inclusive" childcare centre.

"As a kid growing up it was very hard, I had a lot breaks, I've had about 50 all up," Mrs Coleman said.

"The first five years of a child's life is most important, it is the foundation that builds what we will become.

"I want any child that is struggling, whether that is through family circumstances or health conditions, or anything like that, I want them to have that support and that foundation to have that determination to be able to achieve their goals as they get older."

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Mrs Coleman is living with an extremely rare genetic condition called osteopetrosis, which causes bones to harden, and dissolve and break easier.

"As I get older I know what I can and can't do but the last few years have been a bit tough because I was pregnant with broken bones and then I had a hip replacement and just recently came off a broken femur," she said.

"Concentrating on my studies at TAFE really helped, as did my biggest supporters, my husband and my family. I just wouldn't have been able to get through it without their support.

"I really have to thank all my teachers at TAFE, they were so understanding and helpful."

The proud Indigenous woman, who has completed a Bachelor of Early Childhood Education at TAFE Shellharbour, said her own struggles with inclusion as a child had spurred her to work towards opening the unique centre in the Illawarra.

She secured a job at Albion Park's Bedrock Kids while still enrolled in her Certificate III and was later made a director of Wollongong's Before and After School Care Centre while studying her diploma.

The mother of one later moved to Sydney where she worked in a variety of childcare roles, including as director of Lee's Learning in Alexandria and a local Montessori Academy.

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After giving birth to Archer, Mrs Coleman returned home and took up her current role as an educational leader at Happy Hearts Academy in Helensburgh.

She is now eyeing off a Master of Education and a passion project of opening an inclusive childcare centre in the region.

"Inclusiveness is my passion. I grew up breaking bones and knowing too well what it felt like to not be a typical kid," she said. "I want to ensure every child has the best start to life, regardless of the hand they've been dealt."

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