Generation Grit

She battled loneliness but now reaches out to others

Abandoned as a baby, Ms Grace Lee felt lonely and unwanted while growing up. But a chance encounter gave her the will to turn her life around. Cara Wong reports

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After a troubled early life as an adopted child, Grace Lee was inspired to transform from a failing pupil to an A-star student. Today, she helps others in need of a new path through life.

Cara Wong

It wasn't until she was 12 that Ms Grace Lee discovered she was adopted.
But there were signs - people often commented that she looked different from her parents and brother, and she had memories of living in a room full of rowdy children before her parents turned up and whisked her away.
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