Overview

• Porter juggled caring for seven children, night shifts in a pub and pre-dawn study sessions to earn her qualifications.
• She left school with low grades and decided after the Covid-19 pandemic to pursue a career in midwifery.
• She completed four functional skills qualifications and a health-related access course at West Suffolk College in Thetford and Eastern and Education Group in Bury St Edmunds.
• Ian Evans from West Suffolk College praised her as an inspiration and highlighted the colleges’ role in enabling her return to education.
• Porter acknowledged early feelings of imposter syndrome but expressed optimism about her graduation and encouraged others to believe they can find a way.