MATIJA SQUIRE. HUMAN COGS.

ABOUT THIS EPISODE.

At the age of 16, Matija Squire was close to being classified as just another statistic. Pregnant, a school dropout and estranged from her family, she was isolated living in a small country town, contemplating her next steps.

This episode tells the remarkable story of what happened next, when against all odds and with the judgement of society against her, Matija chose to have her son. 

The years that followed were tumultuous and uncertain, as she navigated raising a child when she was still a child herself. At 19, with a 3-year-old in tow, unemployed and nearly broke, she felt destitute and broken.

Fast forward to now, and Matija is today an accomplished Lecturer, Speaker, Business Owner, Board Director, Startup Mentor and COO, who found a new way forward for herself and her son through the life-changing gateway of education, and the catalysing power of a stranger seeing the potential in her that she couldn’t see in herself.

Matija believes your circumstances should never dictate your potential, and that “The only person you are destined to become, is the person you decide to be.”