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Victoria's work combines: Writing, Art, and Communicating / Sharing Stories
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Day In The Life
Skills &
Education
Here's the path I took:
High School
Harris City Technology Collage - Crystal Palace London
Certification
Dental Assisting/Assistant
Certification
cMAP Mortgage Advisor
Here's the path I recommend for someone who wants to be a Poets, Lyricists & Creative Writers:
High School
Bachelor's Degree
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Life & Career Milestones
My path in life took a while to figure out
1.
At a young age, I realized I was behind in my reading ability, but I assumed it'd just come to me.
2.
I wasn't keeping up in school, so I began getting bored in class, and became the class clown.
3.
I got in with a bad crowd and basically blew off doing any and all schoolwork.
4.
When I was 15, I was disqualified from exams because I did the wrong page. I dropped out of school.
5.
As a 16-year-old out of school, I began work as a hairdresser, then became a certified dental nurse.
6.
I worked my way up in the medical world, then went into sales because I was told I'd be good at it.
7.
I opened my own real estate company, then sold it in 2012. My husband and I moved to the U.S.
8.
The money from selling my company allowed me to focus on my passion for writing novels.
Defining Moments
How I responded to discouragement
THE NOISE
Messages from Teachers:
Why are you misbehaving? Why are you behind in your studies?
How I responded:
You know that you need to absorb the good things you hear AND the bad things, but dealing with criticism is always obviously very tough. I had trouble with it when I was younger, and I deflected most of it by acting out and becoming the class clown, rather than facing my issue. But now, as a critiqued author, I've realized that the key to me blocking out that negative, excessive noise is by distinguishing an opinion from a constructive criticism.
Experiences and challenges that shaped me
A counselor told me that I'd let my dyslexia become bigger than myself, and that it wasn't that I couldn't learn...I'd just need to learn in a different way. From there, I was able to teach myself to read and write, and I'm now a published author.