Laura Fox: 'No one in my family had connections — I thought it doesn't happen to people like me'

'Everyone around you thinks you're a bit of a loser because you're not in college.'

Laura Fox. Picture: Evan Doherty

My mother had me when she was 19. She was a single parent and she made it work.

She met a woman called Catherine and they decided to rent a house together. I got to share a room with Karen who was the same age as me — it felt like having a sister. My mum ended up remarrying and having more babies. We moved on but I always look back at that time. They're some of the happiest memories of my entire life.