Alex is a rising junior studying political science with minors in economics and urban poverty studies at Saint Louis University. Informed by various personal experiences with the foster care system, Alex advocates for mandatory training of foster parents in trauma intervention and better pay and resources for social workers. As a member of the Policy Committee for the Student Athlete Advisory and Micah Religious and Service Learning Community, Alex strives to effect change in his community and build the social and analytic skills necessary to represent vulnerable children as a lawyer in the future.
Congressional Coalition on Adoption Institute (CCAI) requests this wish for Alex.
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Karen grants the wish for Alex! Thanks Karen.
"I hope you learn a lot on your trip and get the ear of the right people to help you make a difference for all the kids in the foster system! You rock!"
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