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Kriista Lee Mavin (born 21 August 1970) is an Australian socialite,full time mother,foster carer and personal chef.In 2005 she started at the bottom (cleaning bathrooms) and worked her way up to 2nd chef at an aged care facility.In 2011 she became full time kinship carer of her grandson and is also involved in child safety events and charities.In 2012 Mavin was also involved with a charity golf day,raising funds for the asthma foundation.Mavin currently cooks for people with special diets and caters/cooks for functions and special events throughout the Gold Coast.

'''Early and personal life Mavin was born in Brisbane,but grew up on the Gold Coast,she is the middle child;her older sister,Lynne,works in customer service and her younger sister,Nichole,works in a pet pampering salon.Her parents,Mark and Sheryl separated when Mavin was 3 months old,and Mavin's mother met and married William when Mavin was 18 months old and are still married to this day.Mavin has never met her biological father.As a child Mavin enjoyed roller skating and eventually joined the local figure skating team for a short time.At the age of 12 she found her love for horses and finally convinced her parents she would do anything to have one,the conditions were that her parents could not afford skating and horses,so Mavin hung up her skates for good to concentrate on the 2 horses her parents surprised her with.At 15 Mavin dropped out of high school,never to return,and worked in a supermarket as a checkout chick for 2 years.At 17 Mavin gave birth to a daughter,Maddie,who was eventually raised by Mavin's parents,Mavin returned to work and at 19 gave birth to another daughter,Emma.Mavin decided to be a stay at home mum to Emma and did so until the birth of her 3rd daughter,Samantha at age 21.At age 25 Mavin met her future husband,Michael,and they wed on January 1998.Mavin gave birth to their son,Jackson,at the age of 28.Mavin goes by her married name,Amadio.At 33 Amadio applied for work at an aged care facility after being out of work for 17 years to raise children,to her surprise,she got the job working as a kitchen hand and the odd cleaning shift.At 35 she completed her hospitality certificate,which was later followed by her completion of tourism,RSA and barista.Amadio has now been at this facility for 7 years and cooks special diets for 120 residents as well as catering for special functions and events.In 2011 at the age of 41,Amadio was granted full time kinship care of her 2 year old grandson,Tyronne.Amadio has never travelled out of Australia,but has been heard saying,2013 is the year for a passport and getting it stamped is the number one priority.