Yahz resides in Albuquerque, New Mexico. He has experience in foster care where he faced many struggles. He wants this fellowship to strengthen the cultural well being of Native foster who are displaced in life, to prevent harmful damage. He wants to collaborate with others with similar experiences to learn to advocate and become more […]
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O’Mastewin is a College Junior at the University of Montana. She was in the foster care system as a child. She has collaborated with individuals in her community and hosted events to spread the message of positivity, empowerment and inclusion. She hopes to find healing within this fellowship and take the skills she learns from […]
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Roxy is a Senior at Michigan State University. She works as an Assistant in the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services Children’s Services Administration in the Native American Affairs Department. Roxy is seeking to learn how to transform lived experience into action, change and advocacy. At the age of five she entered the foster […]
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Alejandra is a student at Berkeley College and works as a Foster Care Advocate at the National Foster Care Institute. She has experience in the foster care system and being in a group home at the age of 19. Through the fellowship she aims to enhance her leadership skills and gain a deeper understanding of […]
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