By Teeka Tiwari
I wasn’t born in the United States. I grew up in Britain’s foster care system…
I lived in a cramped, unheated room on top of a garage. At night, I watched my breath coil into a frigid mist. And the future looked as bleak as my tiny room.
Since I was 12, I dreamed of working in the stock market. I shared that dream with my school job counselor. His response? He told me to be more realistic.
“Be a telephone repairman,” he advised me.
But I knew in my heart my future was in the financial markets.
As a teenager trapped in the foster care system, I soon realized no one was going to rescue me… That meant I had to rescue myself.
So when I turned 16, I left for America…