Once A Gangster Jailed For 3 Years, Today She Is Changing The Lives of Many ‘Upcoming Gangsters’

Mel never knew her family. Abandoned by her parents, she turned to a path of drugs, prostitution and gangs. She became an underage mother at 16 and was jailed for three years for various reasons. Today, she is a completely different personality who is helping "upcoming gangsters" to live a different and better life. Watch her inspiring story of change.

By Shreya Pareek

September 6, 2014

You want to see a story of change? Watch this one and you will be filled with immense love and respect for this woman. Once a gangster and drug addict, Mel entered the world of prostitution and gangs, spent three years in jail and lost custody of all her seven children.

And then a wind of change transformed everything. She is a different person now. She runs a dance academy for “upcoming gangsters” to help them see the right path and make a better future for themselves. She acts as a mother, father, elder sister and a teacher to them, inspiring them to change their lives the way she changed hers. She has got custody for three of her children and is fighting for the other four.

Watch the inspiring and heartwarming video of this lady of Indian origin living in Singapore to get a glimpse of her life and how she transformed it.

This story was originally published by Our Better World here. Watch more such amazing videos by them here.

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