Alissa Neuman
LGBTQ youth face a unique challenge in the foster care system. According to its most recent report, the Human Rights Campaign has found that LGBTQ youth are “over-represented” in foster care. That is to say, the percentage of youth in foster care who identify as LGBTQ is larger […]
Janell Braxton
Year after year there’s that one day that we all reflect on in celebration of our individuality, that one song that echoes in our brain ‘happy birthday to you’ except this birthday… This birthday is different-you’ve become an adult aging 18. In the eyes of the foster care […]
Daniel Lugo
Hello everybody, my name is Daniel Lugo and I will be presenting to you all today about foster youth in America and higher education. Let me just say that I am beyond excited to be here. I hope you appreciate what I have to say.
Allow me to […]
David Inglish
Hello. My name is David Inglish, and I am the Communications Coordinator for Alumni Programs at the International Foster Care Alliance. I was in care for 10 years in Washington State, and I aged out earlier this year.
Today, my fellow presenter and I are going to be talking […]
Chihiro Sato
“Overview of Japanese foster care”
Hello everyone. My name is Chihiro Sato. I am an IFCA Japan Alumni Team member.
I joined IFCA in November last year. I am 20 years old. I go to college on scholarship and I have a part time job.
When I was 15 years old, […]
Jacob Braxton
Hello, my name is Jacob Braxton. I am 20 years old and I’ve experienced 8 years of the Washington state foster care system.
In my life I’ve had to endure many hardships while trying to grasp and cope with the reality that I was faced with, such […]
Chihiro Sato
Compared to other facilities, the one I lived in had very substantial after care. Of course there was care after I left the facility, but I think the preparation to become independent was also quite fulfilling.
Among the things I want to talk about today is the […]
Tim Bell
IFCA’s U.S. team, joined throughout by our teammates in Japan, did this trip in 9 days hosting and participating in foster care events all along the way. Somehow, in those 9 days we made close friends in Fuji City and Fukuoka, cemented our preexisting relationships in other […]
Yukika
Speech for the July 12th, 2015
Hello. My name is Yukika. I am 28 years old. I am one of IFCA’s two youth program coordinators in Tokyo. I also work as a volunteer for an NPO called Bridge for Smile and am supporting their scholarship program.
I was living with my […]
Janell Braxton
Boarding the Delta airlines for a 10 hour flight sitting next to a stranger that barely knew English, my heart began to race and thoughts poured in about the what ifs. Right that’s when I knew my life was about to open new doors, that I was […]
