Foster Child Advocate Fights for Reform

Katherine Reddick, Assistant Principal at Ross Elementary School in Odessa, Texas, understands the pains of  foster care and the crippling effect it has on foster children. Her brother was beaten to death while in foster care. Katherine survived years of suffering bouncing back and forth between her abusive mother and the foster care system.

Of the negative impact on a foster child's life, Reddick comments,

“When you have been in the system, it's like you have been in prison, you have no idea how to interact socially and function once you are out on your own. It's like taking your child and dropping (the child) into Japan. It [foster care] is a foreign culture where you don't speak the language.”

Reddick is one of the lucky ones. She beat the odds where less than 2% of all foster kids ever get a four-year degree and went on to get her doctorate in industrial and organizational psychology.

Now Reddick is working to organize various groups to find a better way of working with foster kids. One of those ways is to locate family members of foster children as soon as possible so that these children can move out of foster care and into a permanent home.

Foster children suffer during their stay in foster care and potentially for the rest of their lives once they age out. At least now they have one more advocate fighting to give them a chance at a better life. We hope Reddick scores a knock out.

Regards,


  Richard

Richard Villasana
Find Families In Mexico
760-690-3995

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