North Carolina

Lanitta Berry

Lanitta Berry grew up having a passion for her peers and doing what was best for them. Lanitta got started doing advocacy work in 2015 with an organization called SaySo of North Carolina. During her advocacy career, she has worked on all 3 levels of government while also being able... Read more

Council Member - Current

Trent Taylor

North Carolina

Trent Taylor is honored to be serving as a member of the Youth Engagement Team at the Administration of Children and Families. Trent experienced sexual abuse, extreme neglect, and domestic violence during the first half of his childhood. After he traveled a horrific journey through the Foster Care System that... Read more

2020 All-In Youth Engagement Team

Kayla Johnson

North Carolina

Kayla Johnson, 21, North Carolina’s Foster Care System Kayla entered care at age 9, while in foster care Kayla had a lot of trouble expressing herself and became a very withdrawn child, feeling too shy to talk to other kids her age. She experienced moving to different schools for multiple... Read more

2019 Outstanding Young Leaders

Isaiah Dorty

North Carolina

Isaiah Dorty, 25, North Carolina’s Foster Care System Isaiah experienced many placements while in care and he feels it well equipped him to advocate and inspire youth in the system to overcome and rise above whatever past trauma they have suffered through. Throughout his years in high school and college,... Read more

2019 Outstanding Young Leaders

Hanna Alley

North Carolina

Hanna Alley spent two years in North Carolina’s foster care system. Hanna is currently a senior in high school and will be proudly graduating in June 2018. She has started a creative arts club at school as an outlet to allow other students to connect with each other and form... Read more

2018 Outstanding Young Leaders

Trent Taylor

North Carolina

Trent Taylor entered the foster care system in North Carolina at the age of 4. After 5 different placements he was adopted at the age of 9. Trent co-authored “Shattered No More,” the story of his journey from trauma to triumph and speaks often about his experiences in an effort... Read more

2018 Outstanding Young Leaders

Latasha Fuller

North Carolina

Ms. Fuller spent the first seven years of her life in kinship care. At age 8 she entered foster care and was subsequently adopted. She has been working with Foster Youth, and as an Advocate for Children, for the past six years; including serving as a Transitions Specialist in the... Read more

Council Member - Past

Angela Quijada

North Carolina

In the start of her advocacy , she found the significance of utilizing her voice to implement political changes through the 2016 Congressional Foster Youth Shadow Day program. As a participant, she used her voice to explain and illustrate to legislators the challenges many youth experience in the child welfare... Read more

2017 All-Stars

2017 Outstanding Young Leaders

Council Member - Past

Kristie Wimbush

North Carolina

Kristie Wimbush spent 4 years in North Carolina's foster care system. At three weeks old, Kristie Wimbush entered foster care. Five years later, she was adopted by a loving mother. At seventeen years old, Kristie's adoptive mother passed away, and she was orphaned without support. Because of this, Kristie struggled... Read more

2017 Outstanding Young Leaders

Jamie Wharton

North Carolina

Jamie Wharton spent 8 years in North Carolina's foster care system Jamie's mom died when she was one year old, and so foster care became the life she knew. In some of Jamie's seven placements, she was left at home by herself, or left with a neighbor that smoked a... Read more

2017 Outstanding Young Leaders

North Carolina

Lanitta Berry

Trent Taylor

Kayla Johnson

Isaiah Dorty

Hanna Alley

Trent Taylor

Latasha Fuller

Angela Quijada

Kristie Wimbush

Jamie Wharton

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