2019 Outstanding Young Leaders

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Willie Taylor

Michigan

Willie Taylor, 19, spent one year in Michigan’s foster care system. Willie experienced multiple residential group homes until one day he was adopted. Willie earned an award for advocating and sharing his lived experience in foster care to other foster youth. During winter he volunteers to shovel snow for elders... Read more

2019 Outstanding Young Leaders

Emily Miller

Michigan

Emily Miller, 20, spent six months in Michigan’s foster care system. In her six months in care, Emily experienced therapeutic foster care and two foster homes, ending with reunification. Emily has received an award for taking part in creating mosaics for the local DHS office to provide a welcoming atmosphere... Read more

2019 Outstanding Young Leaders

Kossiwa Kpandja

Michigan

Kossiwa Kpandja, 24, spent time in Michigan’s foster care system. During her time in care, Kossiwa experienced two different foster homes and one group home. Kossiwa served as vice president of a Youth Advisory Board, in which she was to put discussion topics together and lead group asset trainings. The... Read more

2019 Outstanding Young Leaders

Tiffany Davidson

Michigan

Tiffany Davidson, 20, spent five years in Michigan’s foster care system. Tiffany entered care at 14 and spent the first few years switching between homes. She experienced kinship care and two foster homes. In her senior year of high school, Tiffany received multiple awards. She received the “Homework First” award... Read more

2019 Outstanding Young Leaders

Theodora Eze

Kentucky

Theodora Eze, 19, spent 6 years in the Kentucky foster care system. Pronouns: They/Them/Their Theodora entered care through a therapeutic foster care agency. They got placed into two different homes, their last one being the family they have stayed with for the last six years. In school, Theodora had received... Read more

2019 Outstanding Young Leaders

La'Rie Suttle

Illiniois

La’Rie Suttle, 23, spent about two years in the Illinois foster care system. La’Rie entered care at eight months old. Two years later she was adopted by her relatives. La’Rie has served her community and been honored for doing so multiple times. To start, DCFS granted La’Rie a Scholarship in... Read more

2019 Outstanding Young Leaders

Gabriel Guzman

Illiniois

Gabriel Guzman, 21, spent three years in the Illinois Child Welfare system. Gabriel began his journey in foster care with his sibling going through nine different foster homes. Adopted at age five and has been with his same family ever since. In high school, Gabriel was captain of the football... Read more

2019 Outstanding Young Leaders

Ciera Dantzler

Illiniois

Ciera Dantzler, 23, spent 18 years in Illinois’ Child Welfare system. Ciera experienced two different placements, but both were kinship homes, with the second one having legal guardianship until she aged out of care. Ciera has earned a plethora of awards. Starting in August 2012, she had earned the Rowe... Read more

2019 Outstanding Young Leaders

Baylee Brown

Idaho

Baylee Brown, 19, spent 3 years in Idaho’s Child Welfare system. They experienced two placements, one kinship, and one foster home that ended up in a guardianship. Baylee graduated high school on the honor roll and is now a student at North Idaho College. It is the second semester of... Read more

2019 Outstanding Young Leaders

Confidence Kutsaru

Hawaii

Confidence, 22, spent 16 years in Hawaii’s Child Welfare system. Confidence moved through eight different homes and experienced guardianship while in foster care. Her foster care experiences lead her to be a junior counselor for Chitungwiza Municipality. She was an advocate for the young people in her community trying to... Read more

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