Deborah went into care at 11 as she didn’t feel safe at home with her mother. She then went into homeless accommodation at 13 and she told us about the problems and struggles she faced in these environments as a young girl.Deborah got pregnant at 14 years old, when she had her baby she wanted to be able to provide for him and give him a stable upbringing. She done her junior cert, leaving cert and went on to get a college degree in accountancy. She went on to be names one of the Forbes 30 under 30.Her life now is far from the one she had been living back then. She wrote a memoir called ‘Believing In Me’ which goes into detail about her life story. She also founded a charity, Empower the Family, to create accommodation for single parents and people from disadvantaged circumstances to allow them to go to college.

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