If your New Year's resolution is to make a change in your life, second-year student Rachel shows anything is possible.
Placed into foster care aged 12 after being a young carer herself, she felt disconnected and wasn't predicted good GCSEs.
But fast forward seven years and she's thriving as a student at the University of Plymouth - having found a passion for science, a place that 'feels like home' and support from her foster family.
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