Zinnia’s story is inspired

From depression, selfharm and giving up her baby to clinching her dream job, a clutch of awards and rubbing shoulders with royalty, Zinnia Young’s story is a rollercoaster ride not for the faint-hearted.

In her 23 years she has gone through more than most experience in a lifetime. The majority of her experiences, as she reveals today, are of anguish and trauma.

She has suffered bullying, post-natal depression as well as desperate family issues that would have floored most people.

But rather than be browbeaten and cowed by her experiences, she has instead fought back and persevered in everything she has done.

Even in her darkest times she has believed that there can be light at the end of the tunnel.

When things were dark, they were very very dark, but when the light appeared it was dazzling.

Zinnia now has a flat she can call home, a job she loves and is need of more mantelpiece space to house her awards!

She has won three in total, the most recent being Youthbuild UK’s 2018 Young Builder of the Year award.

Earlier this year she met The Duke of Cambridge, Prince William, and was presented with the Rising Star trophy at the Centrepoint Awards.

Not bad for a young woman tipped for life of drink and drugs on the street!

As she tells us today: “By sharing my story, which isn’t easy to talk about, I’m hoping it will inspire other young people to look and think ‘wow I can change my life.”

Anyone reading her story cannot help but be inspired.

It is a rollercoaster ride that has ended on a high.