Foster Care, Adoption, and Beyond: Untold Stories
FAB untold stories integrates story telling, research, and expert interviews to shed light on the complexity of foster care, adoption, youth homelessness, and related social work and urban topics, with the ultimate goal of raising awareness and building a more compassionate world. The host, Dr. Zayda Sorrell Medina, is a professor, social scientist, and author. Her research includes the study of the foster, adopt, homeless youth community, and she is also a former foster and homeless youth and foster-adopt parent.
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Foster Care, Adoption, and Beyond: Untold Stories
Episode 9 | Overcoming Foster Care and Homeless Youth Stigma
In this episode, I draw upon my personal story to shed light on overcoming stigma, shame and secrecy as a former foster and homeless youth and other intersecting identities.
Dr. Zayda Sorrell Medina
Dr. Zayda Sorrell Medina is a professor, social scientist, former foster and homeless youth, foster adoptive parent, author, and advocate.
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