Changing Foster Care, Together 

A few years ago, if you would have asked me if I would ever speak to my father again, I would have told you no. I would have desperately clung...

Disclaimer: I mention my personal beliefs. It’s amazing to feel my spirit growing. I’ve never been able to actually feel it because usually my growth happens in such extensive periods...

Yesterday, I had the opportunity to attend a the Summer Institute on Youth Mentoring at Portland State University. Fisrt of all, I was unaware that there are organizations that are...

Panera Cares Café While I was in Portland with a few other All Stars we stumbled upon a little café called Panera Cares. A couple of them had eaten at...

Yesterday, a group of us were heading to Union Station in Portland to catch the bus back to Seaside. On our way to the station, after we exited the Max...

On Tuesday, Tracye and I presented the Getting Ed presentation. We only had a two hours to learn the presentation and then to present the material. Tracye and I put...

When the National Resource Center for Youth Development came to visit last week, we had a roundtable discussion on how foster children experience life in ways that aren't normal for...

This past week has changed my life and this summer continues to mold and shape me into the person I have dreamt of becoming. The Oregon Teen Conference was an...

Recently I was able to be a camp staff at a Foster Care Sibling camp here in Nebraska. Its called Camp Catch Up. This was my first sibling camp. So...