Research/speaker to share sides of foster youth independence and resiliency

For each year's Foster Care Awareness Month, we pick a theme or topic to bring awareness to and to discuss among students within UC Davis Guardian Scholars Program. This year the title is "The Diary of the Independent, Resilient Foster Youth".  We are aiming to highlight how former foster youth build skills and gain sense of independence and resiliency while also feeling isolated and alone or feeling the pressure to "do it all" by themselves.  We are looking for a speaker that can address this to educate and bring awareness to campus folks (i.e. staff, faculty) about this topic.  We are also looking to have a student panel to address and share their related experiences as well.  If you have a recommendation o you are interested in being a featured speaker, please contact me: Valeri Garcia, vqgarcia@ucdavisedu