Working-class Belfast woman builds bridges through education
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Emma Shaw is a "loyalist female" from a working-class Belfast background who founded an education center to address underachievement.
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She supports the union with the UK but is open to dialogue with nationalists and republicans on areas of mutual interest.
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Shaw voted for Brexit but is unsure if she would vote for it again, feeling economic prospects may have been better in the EU.
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She does not fear a Sinn Féin First Minister as her identity is not threatened, but wants to see O'Neill be a First Minister for all.
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Shaw is focused on being a "change-maker" in her community by addressing educational underachievement through her organization.