South Carolina

Hope graduated Magna Cum Laude from Western New Mexico University in 2023 with a Master’s of Social Work degree. She began working in child welfare through volunteer mentoring while in college, but her initial exposure began as a child growing up in foster care. She is deeply passionate about helping... Read more

Halimah Powell, 24, South Carolina’s Foster Care System Halimah entered foster care at 13 and was emancipated at 21. Now at age 24, she is married and a mother. While in foster care she never had much stability. She’s experienced thirteen different foster homes. Only one of her foster homes... Read more

A ge 20, 18 years in South Carolina’s foster care system. Faith is currently in the process of transitioning out of foster care. Throughout her life she has had 9 placements but through it all has been able to maintain a strong relationship with her younger sister and family. Currently... Read more

Justin Abbasi works as an Investigator with Children's Law Center in Washington, DC. Justin graduated in May of 2018 from Yale University with a Bachelor of Science in Ecology & Evolutionary Biology and Sociology and a minor in Global Health Studies. Justin was raised in South Carolina by his biological... Read more

Kimberly Hart spent about 1 year in South Carolina's Foster Care System. Kimberly (“Kim”) Hart was one and a half when she and her twin sister were adopted by their foster parents. Now, 20 years later, she is a student at Coastal Carolina University pursuing a degree in Business Management... Read more

Jennifer Lance spent 9 years in South Carolina's Foster Care System. Meet Jennifer Lance. Jennifer is a student at South Carolina State University maintaining a 3.0 GPA. After graduation, she hopes to become a certified Speech-Language Pathologist in the public school systems. Throughout High School she received awards for having... Read more

Charlotte was placed into foster care at the age of nine with her four siblings. Two of her younger siblings were adopted after being in foster care for a year. She had seven different placements and attended ten different schools growing up but still managed to keep in contact with... Read more