on foster care issues:

Success StoriesIn Their Own Words

Foster youth are activists, poets, entrepreneurs, artists, musicians, and travelers.

Yet too often they are depicted solely from the perspective of their foster care background. Their words and actions prove that they are much more than that – with support and hard work they can be, and are, confident, successful members of their communities. Every day, our students act on their dreams and raise their voices on behalf of the things they believe in.

Check out their most recent stories!

“I’ll Survive”

Alisha Adkins is a former foster youth survivor. She wrote the poem below while she was in 10th grade struggling to overcome what she described as a “horrible home life”. At the time, the only adult who listened to her and mentored her was her English teacher, who encouraged her to write her feelings down [...]

We Cannot Fail

Ever wonder what it feels like to be a young person who has aged out of the foster care system and is struggling to put themselves through college? We received an astounding letter from one of our students, Michael from Ohio, detailing just this. He forwarded it to us after sending it to his county [...]

Always Looking Up

One of our ETV students, Alex, has traveled to Borneo to participate in a program sponsored by Miami University of Ohio and the Cincinnati Zoo. And guess what? He’s keeping a blog about his adventures. His major is primatology with a minor in global sustainability and conservation. He will be studying several species that are [...]