Kentucky

Estrellita Spears

Estrellita Spears was placed in foster care at the age of twelve. At the time, she barely spoke any English and didn’t know too much about the culture. She was adopted along with three younger siblings at the age of sixteen. She started college but found that she could not... Read more

2018 Outstanding Young Leaders

Cynthia Schepers

Kentucky

Cynthia Schepers was in foster care for eight years in Kentucky, experiencing many trying times, before she aged out of the system. After aging out, Cynthia got in control of her life and made changes that help not only herself but also all of those she comes in contact with... Read more

2018 Outstanding Young Leaders

Christina Hubbard

Kentucky

Christina Hubbard has been in foster care since she was 8 and went through many placements in the state of Kentucky. She developed RAD while going through the foster care system and this made it difficult for her in her social life, but she was able to push through it... Read more

2018 Outstanding Young Leaders

Elbert Belcher

Kentucky

Council Term: 2013-2015 21 years in Kentucky’s foster care system Elbert was born into Kentucky’s foster care system where he spent 21 years in states care. He grew up with the polished truth that his mother was a severe alcoholic and unable to take care of him or his siblings... Read more

2012 All-Stars

Council Member - Past

Stephanie Sikes

Kentucky

6 years in Kentucky’s foster care system. Stephanie was placed into Kentucky's foster care system at the age of 14 after a troubled past that included truancy. Although there was much healing to do from her experience with her birth family, Stephanie eventually learned to embrace the second chance and... Read more

2013 All-Stars

Athenia Brown

Kentucky

Athenia Brown spent 8 years in Kentucky's foster care system. Athenia entered foster care at 10 and has spent 6 years in Kentucky’s foster care system. She has experienced multiple placements including foster care and kinship care. Athenia is passionate about changing the foster care system to be more inclusive... Read more

2015 Outstanding Young Leaders

Shane Kendall

Kentucky

Shane Kendall spent 10 years in Kentucky's foster care system. For Shane Kendall of Kentucky, life has never been easy—even when it looked like he’d gotten the breaks. After four years and four homes in foster care, he was adopted at the age of seven. But something just wasn’t right,... Read more

2014 Outstanding Young Leaders

Bernard Ball

Kentucky

Bernard Ball of Kentucky is currently pursuing a degree in Social Work. At age 19, he is already laying the groundwork to accomplish his goal of achieving a Ph.D. He has served as president of the State Youth Advisory Council since 2009, a council that gives the foster youth of... Read more

2012 Outstanding Young Leaders

Ivis Flanagan

Kentucky

Ivis says about the power of youth voice: “It is those of us who have been in the system before that have the voice our current brothers and sisters in care will be willing to listen to, the voice that will tell them they are worth more than some may... Read more

2010 Outstanding Young Leaders

Kentucky

Estrellita Spears

Cynthia Schepers

Christina Hubbard

Elbert Belcher

Stephanie Sikes

Athenia Brown

Shane Kendall

Bernard Ball

Ivis Flanagan

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