{"id":5022,"date":"2022-09-01T12:09:08","date_gmt":"2022-09-01T11:09:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.depaul.org.uk\/?post_type=stories&p=5022"},"modified":"2023-01-17T18:50:21","modified_gmt":"2023-01-17T18:50:21","slug":"mias-story","status":"publish","type":"stories","link":"https:\/\/www.depaul.org.uk\/stories\/mias-story\/","title":{"rendered":"Mia’s story"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Mia grew up with constant conflict between her parents, which ended when her dad walked out. She clashed with her mum, who threw her out of their home after an argument. With help from Depaul UK, Mia\u2019s life is on the up \u2013 she set up her own beauty business, and has real ambitions for the future.<\/strong><\/p>\n

“My family life was pretty rough to be honest. I\u2019m the oldest child of my mum and dad so I\u2019ve seen it all to be honest. Always drama, never peaceful in my house.<\/p>\n

“Then last year it got to a point where the arguments were nonstop. I don\u2019t even know what the fight was about but my mum was like, \u2018right- you can get out\u2019. I just wanted to take myself out of it anyway, because it had all just got too far.<\/p>\n

“After that I went into a hotel for about a week or maybe two weeks. It was far from everyone that I knew. It was so depressing. I was lucky really as I still had student finance left so I could afford it. But I was running very, very low. I was barely eating anything. I could only just afford the hotel room.<\/p>\n

“That\u2019s when I got in touch with homelessness services and they found me Depaul. Depaul found me supported accommodation, where there are staff here to help you. The staff were really nice. They were dead accepting and friendly. They made me feel a lot better about it considering.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

“When I got into Depaul, someone told me about this business grant thing. I\u2019d liked doing eyelashes myself so I thought I\u2019d do it for other people. I had to fill in a business plan and it asked me questions like, what is your business plan? What is the purpose?<\/p>\n

“My beauty company now is called Beauty Baerae and I do eyelashes and eyebrows. Depaul have given me the access to go to college to do Beauty Level 2 and 3, then a business grant as well. It would have taken me years to save up for otherwise. The money goes to all the products for my business too. Like all the waxing, microblading, and pigment. It\u2019s like it\u2019s all worked out. It\u2019s amazing.<\/p>\n

“Now I want to move up into bigger beauty treatments. I\u2019m moving to a new salon too. It\u2019s on a busy road and it\u2019s got big open glass so that should bring more opportunities.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m hoping that a year from now I\u2019ll be in my own flat with a thriving business. I always say you\u2019ll see me on the billboards in 5 years\u2019 time.”<\/p>\n

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