Katie Palmer has not had an easy life. She was diagnosed with a genetic disorder called Noonan Syndrome at just three months old and it shaped her childhood. She wasn't allowed to go to a mainstream school and was never expected to lead a normal life.
Yet she has strived hard to achieve and remain positive. She is training as a teaching assistant and the 24-year-old from the Rhondda said: "I still have days where I feel completely inadequate but I like to challenge my mindset and be thankful for what Noonan Syndrome has gifted me.
"I was never expected to achieve or lead a normal life. Although I'm a very positive person, I do worry about my own future. My dream is to become a mother some day but the dream is wrapped up in so much frailty. Having this rare disease brings a 50/50 chance of it being passed onto my children and that is something that consumes me with worry every day."
