From underachiever to Fulbright scholar

Trish Tupou's ode to underachievers, from disengaged student to Fulbright scholar - she says your school years do not have to define you. Here's a letter to her teenage self, which is a look back at her rocky school attendance days in Hamilton to eventually nailing a Bachelors degree at the University of Auckland. The Fulbright scholar is now heading to the University of Hawaii to do a Masters degree.