From serving country to community
School and I were never really best friends, and when I left with one GCSE in English, there was only one option that appealed to me and that was to join the army. Little did I know that this would be the foundation for a second career. I left the army after eight years as I got married to another soldier and when both of you serve, life becomes more difficult.
Upon leaving the army, I found a job as a part-time detached youth worker with the local authority, working with young people aged 13 and above – and it was then I knew I wanted to do this full time.
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