Crystal

Crystal entered foster care in Georgia at a young age. After a group home and multiple foster placements, Crystal aged out of the foster care system. Crystal graduated from Emory University with a B.A. in English/Creative Writing/Theater Studies and received her MBA from Georgia State University with a focus in organizational management. Crystal has served as a member of Georgia Governor’s Council for child welfare reform, she is certified in Life Stories® Theater curriculum, she is a founding member of an advocacy group for foster youth called Georgia EmpowerMEnt, is a young fellow for the Jim Casey Youth Opportunities Initiative and was a Fellow with the American India Foundation. Crystal travels the nation speaking as an advocate for foster children children and uses her gift of spoken word poetry to challenge and motivate audiences.

Tom currently serves as the Vice President of Community Engagement for 4Kids in South Florida and works to create advocates in churches and organizations in his area. Tom and his wife, Linda, have fostered over 50 children since 1994. In his advocacy work, Tom travels around the country to teach and to encourage churches to care for children in foster care. Tom has even spoken at the White House!