Gospel sensation, Joyce Akosua Twene, well known as Joyce Blessing, has recounted how her parents' divorce affected her educational ambitions.

The songstress said she had dreams of venturing into journalism, fashion, and music but had to drop at the junior high school level due to her parents’ separation.

She eventually resorted to living with people as a domestic worker and ended up selling on the streets of Kumasi, where she resided.

But after realising that she could buy and sell on her own, she moved out to live on the streets while selling to cater to herself.

Joyce Blessing shared this in an interview with Roselyn Felli on Joy Prime’s Changes.

“It was broken home because my mom and dad were not together at the moment to take care of me and there were a lot of things going on. I wanted to be a singer, a designer, a news anchor. I wanted to go school but I didn’t get the chance,” she said.

So when you dropped out of school, what were you doing? Roselyn asked.

“I was selling all kind of things including sachet water, the one we used to tie (ice water). Everything I could get to sell for the day to get something home, I did. I’ve sold broom, gari, pear, cassava, plantain, alata soap, kerosene. I remember when I was in JSS 1, we had morning and afternoon sessions. When I have class in the morning, I would wake up early to go and help one kenkey vendor to sell before going to school. After school, I could go with my friends to a place to cut firewood to sell to food vendors," Joyce answered.

But thanks to technological advancements, the ‘Unbreakable’ singer, as she is also known, persevered and improved her English language speaking and fluency with the help of internet, working earnestly to actualise her music dreams.

Her experiences and struggles have made her encourage those who are facing challenges to get the best education to stop complaining, as technology has made it less stressful to access learning platforms with ease.

“Nowadays, you can’t complain because they are a lot of ways to learn. You can go online or let even your kids to help you to learn in terms of grammar so you can be able to express yourself wherever you go. So, if you feel like you wanted to get somewhere but due life’s circumstances you couldn’t get there, it’s not too late yet. You can rebuild things and change things around you by making time and practice self-education,” the ‘Victory’ hitmaker advised.