Sarah, 27 years old | 1 DAY WAITING

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CASA NY - New York County

Sarah is a young adult who experienced ACS involvement during her teenage years. She was voluntarily placed in a group home placement to return to her mother's care. While in the group home placement, she experienced a different environment she never wanted to return to. By age 17, she returned to her mother's care and started focusing on school, work and the journey of her life. Now she is a current student at Hostos Community College striving to obtain her degree in Nursing. Sarah works at a charter school that serves scholars in kindergarten through fifth grade. She is a leader on CASA-NYC’s Youth Advisory Board. Sarah is passionate about becoming a midwife and being part of women's birth story.

Sarah has recently been accepted into a Doula certification program while working part-time as a recruitment specialist for a charter school and attending nursing school part-time. She aspires to support first-time mothers who are aging out of the foster care system as a Doula. Since the Doula certification is self-funded, she lacks the resources to purchase all the necessary tools to successfully complete the program. Additionally, she needs a few books to support her education.