Editing After The Storm:Confidence (section)

===Before The Storm===
As a young girl Samantha was shy and homely and a little awkward around people. The school bullies took her as a target and the teen years were like hell for Samantha. Secretly she dreamed one day getting her revenge. She did not have many friends, and the ones who she thought were, never felt quite the same way about her. Things changed drastically when she discovered LARPING and the role playing community. She had a real knack for acting and all her insecurities vanished when she was 'in someone else's skin'. Years doing that and all the props and equipment taught her many invaluable skills in life.
Being real nerd Samantha was self-taught in technical things, which eventually lead her mother Lucy to suggest she'd get a real degree in IT, which she did

Samantha had worked in the [insert local phone company name here] for six years as an IT-support specialist.
She had been happy with her job and really proud of what she did. Being really handy and creative she managed to solve most problems others would deem a lost cause.