Minnesota

Ariana Guerra

Ariana Guerra spent 4 years in Minnesota's foster care system. Born and raised in southern Minnesota, Ariana spent 4 years in foster care. While her biggest struggle has been with reunification and maintaining healthy relationships, she found refuge in her education. With the help of her fierce support system she... Read more

2015 All-Stars

Lucina Kayee

Minnesota

Having already known the trials of emigrating from Liberia to America, foster care was just one more bump in the road towards success for Lucina. Her first placement was at St. Joseph’s Home For Children where unfortunately in between the many homes she would have following that stay, she’d end... Read more

2015 Outstanding Young Leaders

2018 #FosterEquality Spokesperson

Haley Kuehl

Minnesota

Haley Kuehl spent 6 years in Minnesota's foster care system. Haley Kuehl has learned the importance of standing up for what you believe in, and not backing down. This determination to be heard has made all the difference for her, and for many other foster youth who have benefited from... Read more

2013 Outstanding Young Leaders

Ashley M.

Minnesota

The youngest of three, Ashley went into the Minnesota foster care system at the age of eight years old when her mother was incarcerated. Her time in the system was made even more challenging when she was separated from her two siblings as they went from foster home to foster... Read more

2012 Outstanding Young Leaders

Christa D

Minnesota

Christa, of Minnesota, was nine years old, on Christmas Eve, when she and her sister were torn away from their mother and taken to a home for children. In four different placements in 6 months, they finally got a kinship placement with their grandmother that lasted one year and a... Read more

2011 Outstanding Young Leaders

Tonya Bauer

Minnesota

Tonya Bauer spent 18 years in Minnesota’s foster care system. Entering foster care once is a traumatic experience - imagine entering the foster care system twice, as Tonya did. Although she was faced with many challenges, Tonya has made the decisions in life to be a successful youth and never... Read more

2011 All-Stars

Wilner Twedt

Minnesota

Wilner Twedt spent 5 years in Minnesota's Foster Care System Wilner Twedt serves as a leader in his community in many areas despite still being in high school. He currently serves as editor and writer for his school paper and yearbook, and is involved in football and baseball where he... Read more

2011 Outstanding Young Leaders

Liz Kulp

Minnesota

Liz Kulp spent 14 months in Minnesota's Foster Care System. Like many young people that enter to foster care system at birth (and about 1% of all children^), Liz was born with a fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD). FASD describes a class of permanent birth defects caused by maternal consumption... Read more

2011 Outstanding Young Leaders

Christina Dumais

Minnesota

Christina Dumais spent 5 years in Minnesota's Foster Care System Eighteen-year-old Christina Dumais is still in high school, but possess the determination of someone much older. Christina serves meals to seniors three days a week and is a member of the Student Council at her High School. Even though she... Read more

2011 Outstanding Young Leaders

Cory Boldon

Minnesota

Cory Boldon spent 3 years in Minnesota's Foster Care System. When Cory was placed with the Boldon family at age 11, it was her seventh placement—this included two failed adoptions and the threat that if she “failed” in her adoption with the Boldons, she would be sent to a home... Read more

2011 Outstanding Young Leaders

Minnesota

Ariana Guerra

Lucina Kayee

Haley Kuehl

Ashley M.

Christa D

Tonya Bauer

Wilner Twedt

Liz Kulp

Christina Dumais

Cory Boldon

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