Zeminar Presents Deborah Somorin | Building Resilience

Zeminar and PwC brought Deborah Somorin to kick off proceedings on the last day of Zeminar 2018 at the RDS Concert Hall. Deborah told the remarkable story of how she has overcome growing up in care; being homeless at 13; pregnant at 14 and a mother at 15 to continue her education, qualify as a chartered accountant and setup her own charity. Deborah holds a degree in Accounting and Finance and Masters in Accounting from DCU and is now a qualified chartered accountant and Assistant Manager at PwC. She received 2 scholarships while in university to enable her to complete her studies. In 2017 she began sharing her story of overcoming adversity to help change the stigma attached with youth homelessness. She has won the JCI Dublin Ten Outstanding Young Persons award for 2018 and the JCI Ireland Ten Outstanding Young Persons award for 2018 as a result of her work in this area. In addition, Deborah currently sits on the board of directors for Chartered Accountants Support which supports members and students of Chartered Accountants Ireland. She has also recently founded Empower the Family, a not for profit company which aims to open student accommodation with affordable quality childcare for single parents between 18-23 in third level education. Empower the family is one of the acts for the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (UN SDGs) with a focus on 3 goals, poverty alleviation, reducing inequality and providing access to quality education. Zeminar Presents is the world's first talk series built exclusively for Generation Z and their teachers & parents. Covering mental and physical well-being, equality, sexuality, education, entrepreneurship, activism, volunteering, bullying, cyber-safety, science, motivation, inspiration and so much more. In an Online World - Zeminar Connects For other Zeminar events see https://www.zeminar.ie Follow us on Twitter:   / zeminarevent   Like us on Facebook:   / zeminar.ie   Follow us on Instagram:   / zeminar.ie   Subscribe here:    / @zeminar6908