2018 All-Stars

1.5 years in Washington’s Foster Care System Yeshi Vaughan is a 22-year-old from Washington. Her story into foster care begins in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. She was 14 years old and had been living in an orphanage for about three years when she was adopted by a family from the United... Read more

2 years in Idaho’s Foster Care System Shelli Guyer is 18-years-old and from Idaho. She is currently going into her senior year of high school. She entered foster care at age 15 and remained until she was adopted at 17. Shelli wants to pursue a path of advocacy in continued... Read more

7 years In Pennsylvania Foster care System Ramond A Nelson's Life story is the true definition of perseverance. Ramond was born and raised in the city of Pittsburgh to a single mother of three boys. Early on Ramond's Mother went through a series of mental health issues that became unsafe... Read more

5 years in Michigan's Foster Care System Yesenia was placed in the foster care system at the age of 12. She spent her time in care in a kinship placement before eventually being reunified with her mother. Yesenia graduated top ten in high school as a honor student and member... Read more

6 years in Vermont Foster Care System Anonymous* is a 21-year-old from Vermont. While in care, they were constantly moving from place to place, which led them to 17 placements. Overall, they have experienced moving between 70 locations. Struggling with stability based on their circumstances, they were unable to learn... Read more

4 years in Nevada Foster Care System Liz is a 19-year-old All-Star from Nevada. During her time in the foster care system, she was placed in four different homes. During this time she experienced hospitalization, physical and mental abuse, and homelessness. Despite her struggles, Liz participated in ROTC all four... Read more

7 years in Wisconsin Foster Care System Katie Gordon is a 20-year-old from Wisconsin. She was placed in foster care in August of 2009, when she was eleven years old. Katie was reunified about a month before her eighteenth birthday. Katie experienced two placements while in care. One placement was... Read more

3 years in Missouri Foster Care System Carson Long has been in care for three years and counting. He is attending Big Bend Community College for a two-year degree in Aviation. Carson has been in six placements: four foster homes and a group home twice. Carson played tennis for two... Read more

3 years in Arizona Foster Care System Cieanna is a 20-year-old from the state of Arizona. She was in care for three years until she turned 18 including two kinship placements, a crisis center, a treatment facility, and a group home. She then decided to stay in extended care until... Read more

16 years in Illinois Foster Care System Kyle Johnson is our All-Star from Chicago, IL. Kyle spent 16 years in the foster care system. He entered into care as a newborn and was later adopted at the age of two. He experienced two foster home placements, unfortunately, being separated from... Read more