Amanda Beresford-Long

I didn’t come from privilege. I came from poverty and instability. I left home at 14 and built my life from scratch with stubbornness and the refusal to become what I came from. My education wasn’t formal - it was survival. It taught me something simple and powerful: your beginnings don’t decide your destiny. You do.

I’ve pushed through barriers that should have stopped me, and yes, I’ve found commercial success but that’s not what I value most.

What matters is how we use what life gives us: the setbacks, the scars, the small wins, the hard lessons, the battles we never asked for. All of it can be turned into fuel. Whether your challenges look like mine or nothing like mine, I’m here to help you turn whatever you’ve lived through into strength and momentum.

Your past is raw material, not a limit. And when we lift each other, something shifts - hope ignites, confidence grows, and possibility becomes real. Together, we build futures bigger than anything we imagined alone.