At just 18, Shanice Willis refused to let epilepsy or academic setbacks define her future.

Instead, she leaned into her creativity, took a leap of faith and transformed a tiny storeroom in her Union Gardens, St Andrew, community into her own nail studio. It’s a small business that she hopes will one day become the foundation for an even bigger dream.

Willis told THE STAR that seizures kept her away from classes at Holy Childhood High School almost every two weeks.