During my GCSEs and A-levels I would babysit children with additional needs and support them with tutoring/homework, but I was still unsure where I wanted to go with my career.
I took a gap year to travel before university. This was when it clicked; child development, attachments, trauma, adversity, special educational needs and disabilities – psychology and early childhood studies just had me written all over it.
As a teenager, I struggled with my parents’ divorce and found it difficult to find where I fitted in at school.
Being shy and quiet meant it was easy to slip through the cracks, but I was fortunate enough to have support from a handful of teachers who saw my potential. They genuinely cared about me, my aspirations and supporting me through a challenging time. I remember always being told to “be more confident” because they knew I would succeed.
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