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Lyric Wardlow is the executive director of her own non-profit, Yociety, and a Youth Specialist at Texas Network of Youth Services. Lyric sits down with Shane to talk about spending time in homeless shelters, being bullied, facing abuse from her father, and even dancing to pay the bills. She talks about how she was able to overcome these struggles with perseverance and determination. She tells Shane how her adversity made her a stronger person.

According to Glassdoor, youth services jobs can make $44,000 to $95,000 per year.

You can reach out to Lyric through her LinkedIn profile.

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homeless, high school dropout, non-profit, youth, woman, African American, child of separated parents, working class parents, poverty, Austin, Texas, urban