Have you ever had an "aha" moment? It seems that mine have been happening more frequently. Many people go through life and are told that you should do this, don't...
Council members of the National Foster Care Youth and Alumni Policy Council met on October 9, 2012, with the George Sheldon, Assistant Secretary of the Administration for Children and Families...
Last summer, as an All-Star, I was much better about blogging. Conversely, this summer at the National Resource Center for Youth Development has been full of a myriad of different...
Often, foster care is mentioned in the news and in books as a problem. Foster care needs to be solved, abolished, or abandoned for the betterment of youth engaged in...
A little about me before I begin: I was placed into foster care as an infant, adopted at the age of 5 by the best parents ever, have traveled the...
Hey Everyone! Greetings from Seaside! We've been in Seaside for about a month now. We've been training and doing all of these crazy events. So far, we've worked with NRCYD...
While talking with one of my best friends, we started to discuss "when are you successful?" Well to be honest the only thing we could dtermine is success is in...
I am back from Ghana after an unpleasant but eagerly anticipated departure. To keep it simple and sweet my 16 hour trip turned into a 72 hour trip. I am...
One of the struggles I have always faced in life was being able to succeed in college. For the longest time I convinced myself that college was not for me...