Using art to defy foster care statistics | Aitina Fareed-Cooke | TEDxBuffalo

They said I was a failure to thrive. They said I would end up just like my mama. A beautiful woman.She was creative and intelligent with a dimple in a right cheek just like me. But yet she was a woman with a void and she filled it with substance abuse. And that led me, my sister, and my brother into foster care.Now they said that many children who enter into the system are coming from a parent or parents who have substance abuse issues. They said that 10% or less than 10% of foster youth obtain a degree and ...