Belfast: Being Young in a Divided City: Belfast_BYiaDC_31

Stephanie, 19, sits on her bed in her aunt's home in the Protestant Oldpark area of north Belfast where she lives temporarily. Her father and uncle were very active in the UDA (Ulster Defense Association), a loyalist paramilitary group. Stephanie stopped going to school at 14 because of drug use and struggled until very recently with a drug addiction. She finds it tough to live with the family history. {quote}People look different at me. I carry the name {quote} she said {quote}If I hadn't been strong, I would have been death long ago{quote}.

Stephanie, 19, sits on her bed in her aunt's home in the Protestant Oldpark area of north Belfast where she lives temporarily. Her father and uncle were very active in the UDA (Ulster Defense Association), a loyalist paramilitary group. Stephanie stopped going to school at 14 because of drug use and struggled until very recently with a drug addiction. She finds it tough to live with the family history. "People look different at me. I carry the name " she said "If I hadn't been strong, I would have been death long ago".