Victor Sims, case manager supervisor at SailFuture, 2020 Casey Excellence for Children Awardee, and an American Bar Association Reunification Hero No one has told [youth in the Department of Juvenile Justice] they’re good people. They have already been counted out. This story is adapted…
Shoshana R. Sokoloff, MD, Child, Adolescent, and Adult Psychiatrist HOPE research underscores that the life experiences we intuitively know are good for children and give meaning to our lives are, indeed, curative! “Since learning about the Tufts Medical Center Healthy…
Laura Koenigs, MD, FSAHM, FAAP, Vice Chair of Education, Program Director, Pediatric Residency, UMMS-Baystate It is wonderful watching parents light up (and the teens squirm but smile) as they gush about their children. “I listened to Dr. Sege give a…
Elliott Orrin Hinkle (they/them), alumnus of the Wyoming Foster Care System and advocate for child welfare, mental health, and the LGBTQ population I was suddenly met with the notion that there is a contingent of folks who care about my…
Corey Best, a member of the HOPE National Advisory Board and the Birth Parent National Network (BPNN) | CTF Alliance HOPE from a parenting perspective is recognizing my child’s ability to grow, to learn, to continue to have a growth mindset, and…
Anna Hadingham, educator and theater artist working with the Apollinaire theater company, the Chelsea Collaborative, and Peronia Adolescente We all need to feel like we belong in a space where other people accept us, where our lives and identities matter. This story is adapted…
Dr. Moira Szilagyi, 2023 Immediate Past President of the American Academy of Pediatrics, academic pediatrician at UCLA, interim division chief of general pediatrics, and section chief of developmental behavioral pediatrics Resilience is dependent on the earliest relationships children have, because…
Brooke Adams, a first-generation college graduate with a master’s degree in social work and a passion for working with students from under-resourced communities I am now recognizing how much it mattered to me to have someone who really watched out…