Mel, a mother of seven, has a storied life of drugs, gangs and prostitution. Having never met her real parents, and losing her caretaker grandparents when she was just ten, life dealt a bad hand to her.
She has now started a dance group to prevent at-risk youths from walking the same path she did in her younger days.
Watch how she turned her life around:
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Mel's story was first published on the Our Better World website.
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