What did you want to be when you were young?
I wanted to go into the army, but I lost my parents by the age of 14 so my plans were changed. I went to boarding school for two years. After leaving school I was homeless, so I lived on the streets in London ducking and diving.
What changed?
I met a couple that lived near my squat and started childminding for them. As time went by I had a family of my own. I always engaged my children in lots of activities and their friends would end up coming too. I enquired about using a community centre to start a youth club, and the council advised me to start a tenants' and residents' association, which I did, and ran a well-attended youth club.
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