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Newcastle Herald
Newcastle Herald
Business
Penelope Green

"I was feeling useless, powerless, tramped over"

Student and boss: Kate Brown in her Honeysuckle salon Enigma Hair + Body, which is marking a decade in business. Picture: Marina Neil

DIAGNOSED with dyslexia in primary school and dropping out of high school in Year Eight, Kate Brown has worked hard to forge her success.

"In Grade 6 it was understood I didn't know how to read or write, and by the time I got to Year 7, I was really struggling and mum and dad, being hardworking and modest, just thought, 'Maybe you are better off as a worker'," recalls Ms Brown, now 35.

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