YaYa ACE's mission is to provide a platform for youth and young adults who are autistic to start their own enterprise, either as a sole trader or in partnership with other who are like minded. This will be accomplished through specialized assessments, building on their strengths and skills, setting up with required training and pairing up with peer mentors in their area of interest. This will enable them to be productive and valuable members of our society in an inclusive way as it should be. There are very limited opportunities for young adults on the Autism Spectrum for employment and further education in Ireland. 80%-85% are either are unemployed or underemployed. I believe individuals with autism have a huge amount to offer both intellectually and economically to our country and this is currently untapped. Added to the high rate of unemployment are associated poor mental health due to lack of tangible evidence of their value in society.

A new social enterprise in Ireland with a mission to change the percentage of the high unemployment rate of youth and young adults who have autism, by either starting their own enterprise or working in mainstream employment.

Co-founder of DCA Warriors [Dedicated Children's Advocacy, Warriors], a Facebook group which challenged the Irish government to review the application forms and make the process of applying for Domiciliary Care Allowance in Ireland. We supply information and support to parents of children with Special Needs and/or a serious illness who live in Ireland. Founded in February 2012, within a year had 800 members. In the last almost 4 years, membership grew from 800 to over 16,700 members, with on average 150 requests to join the page. I am an author with some short stories published and also submitted personal stories included in the book "What women want to know". I finished my first manuscript which placed in the top 20 of Poolbeg Publishers competition, On April 30th 2013 our younger son 8 years old at the time was diagnosed with a rare form of cancer. Lessons learned and valuable experiences from walking down the road of childhood cancer.

Previously I had 17 years of experience in sales in the plumbing industry in New Jersey. USA This included setting up a new bathroom showroom and then at another company was the purchasing agent for over $1 million purchases per annum. Supervised the crew of 45 plumbers, scheduling job sites for the first and final plumbing stages.