Meet Our Team
Odette Kahwajian, Director of Outreach is passionate about providing tools and resources to help youth become independent and successful once they emancipate from foster care. Odette maximizes her business acumen to encourage youth to enroll in job-training, secure internships, and attend college or technical school.
Tuesday English shares her story about being raised in foster care. For youth in foster care who have special events such as graduation or prom, Tuesday uses her skill as a hairstylist to provide complimentary services.
La Verne Tolbert, Ph.D. believes Christians are the answer to the foster-care crisis. Research demonstrates that believers are more likely to foster/adopt and less likely to give up when the going gets tough. She started Covenants For Kids & Youth: Churches Helping Children in Foster Care, (a project of Teaching Like Jesus Ministries, Inc.)"because every child deserves a church family."
Tuesday English shares her story about being raised in foster care. For youth in foster care who have special events such as graduation or prom, Tuesday uses her skill as a hairstylist to provide complimentary services.
La Verne Tolbert, Ph.D. believes Christians are the answer to the foster-care crisis. Research demonstrates that believers are more likely to foster/adopt and less likely to give up when the going gets tough. She started Covenants For Kids & Youth: Churches Helping Children in Foster Care, (a project of Teaching Like Jesus Ministries, Inc.)"because every child deserves a church family."
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