Episode #77 What it takes to break a cycle of disadvantage to become happy, healthy and successful. Mark Ryan's incredible story of success.
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Mark Ryan's story of courage. He grew up in a single-parent household in public housing in Redcliffe, north of Brisbane (parents divorced when my twin brother and I were three years of age after a relationship characterised by domestic violence - mental and physical) He showed promise academically and was included in various gifted and talented programs as a child - One of the first students offered a 'Learning for Life' scholarship through The Smith Family in 1997, which allowed me t...