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Track Was Like Foster Care

Emaryne shares how foster care saved her life.

12/21/2017

To Foster Change

Track Was Like Foster Care

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Emaryne shares how foster care saved her life.

Growing up in an unsafe household, Emaryne was in and out of foster care from the age of five. She excelled through high school and later joined the track and field team at Indiana Institute of Technology (IIT). Today, she is pursuing her Master’s in Marriage and Family Therapy degree at Cal State Dominguez Hills and works as a Behavior Therapist at Peace4Kids.

12/21/2017

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