Julia, 21 years old

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Julia is studying public and nonprofit management and leadership at Indiana University. Since aging out of foster care, Julia has done a variety of advocacy work within the child welfare system, including inspirational speaking, drafting, testifying for legislation, representing foster youth perspectives on informational panels, and sitting as a youth representative on the Commission for Children and Family. Julia is passionate about a variety of issues within child welfare, such as permanency, reunification, incarcerated parents and rehabilitation, congregate care usage, and older youth outcomes. As an advocate for change, Julia’s focus is to shed light on issues within the foster youth community and help provide lived experience expertise within legislation to help improve foster youth outcomes as a whole.

Julia absolutely loves music! It's like her own little oasis in the midst of all the hustle and bustle around her. Whether she's dealing with noisy study spaces or just walking to class, those soothing melodies take her to a peaceful state of mind. Plus, she thinks her portable music player is just the perfect companion for her daily commute to class and work. It would make such a sweet and practical gift for her college lifestyle!