International actress Terry Pheto took a trip down memory lane to remember her humble beginnings of growing up in a two-roomed shack, with no shoes or running water and electricity.
In a powerful Instagram post, Terry shared a picture of herself as a little girl, who refused to let her circumstances define her future.
By sharing intimate details of her poverty stricken childhood, Terry hopes to inspire others to dream.
"I hail from the dusty neighborhoods of Evaton, two roomed shack, rough jagged unprotected, no concrete streets. No running water and no lights. I felt the cold, and endured the brutal ache of being A-HAVE NOT. I am that girl, that shoeless zealot who dared to dream. I am that girl who could not and did not let the poverty I was born into make my heart sick," Terry wrote.
Terry added that despite her circumstances she believed that, there had to be more to life than the reality she was living.
The now global star said that when she flipped through old magazines and saw cover stars, she could see herself.
"Leleti Khumalo, was she real?? Shado Twala, was she real? Indeed! So Yes that could be me! And there where others, women who once where children, underprivileged and undiscovered. I believed, Yes this could be me!"
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