by Nikky Greer | Jul 10, 2017 | Professionals, Stories
No professionals who participated chose to have their stories shared on this website. However, professionals who participated in the local South Texas fieldwork are included in the broader analysis for the larger research project that combines the website stories with...
by Nikky Greer | Nov 19, 2014 | Alumni, Stories
“Heather” writes as a 30-something, white adult about her experiences in foster care from ages seven to 16. During that time, she had five placements. She described her childhood class affiliation as below poverty/poor, and the same for herself currently, making less...
by Nikky Greer | Sep 29, 2014 | Family and Friends, Foster Families, Stories
“Abigail” self-identified as a black female in her early thirties, and living in the south. She was a part-time teacher and her husband worked for an engineering company. They both worked additional hours outside the home as housekeepers. She reported their combined...
by Nikky Greer | Sep 24, 2014 | Alumni, Stories
“Antonia” writes as a 30-something adult about her experiences in foster care from the time she was 13 until she aged out at 18. In those five years, she had five placements, including foster families and kinship care. She is now a successful, middle-class...
by Nikky Greer | Sep 22, 2014 | Family and Friends, Stories
“Dani” self-identified white, in her early 30s, and living in the Carolinas. At the time her four children entered foster care, she described her class affiliation as below poverty/poor and their family income as below $50,000 a year. She was a student then, and is...
by Nikky Greer | Sep 22, 2014 | Family and Friends, Stories
“Vicki” self-identified white, in her late twenties, with both her children—a toddler and infant—in foster care. She and her husband live in a small city in the northern U.S. Nearly every answer included the phrase “we want are [sic] kids back.” Her responses were...
