Twelfth Annual Awards for Youth in Foster Care [Note: The names of the winners have been excluded from these photos and their essays to protect their privacy. If you are a winner and wish to have your full name printed with your photo and essay, please email lchan@youthcomm.org] Images from the 12th Annual Awards for Youth In Foster Care Enjoying the garden at The College Board 12th Annual Awards for Youth in Foster Care 12th Annual Awards for Youth in Foster Care Sister Marie Hess and a fellow supporter 12th Annual Awards for Youth in Foster Care 12th Annual Awards for Youth in Foster Care 12th Annual Awards for Youth in Foster Care Laura Longhine with a winner Thank you to The College Board for sponsoring the event Giselle John and Alfonso Wyatt Xavier Reyes, Relationship Manager/Content Acquisition, Thomson-Reuters Darin Goldstein, Susan Goldstein, and Lauren Katzowitz Presenters Jarel Melendez and Giselle John 12th Annual Awards for Youth in Foster Care 12th Annual Awards for Youth in Foster Care Linda Alvarez-Cruz, Ed.D, Director of Relationship Development, the College Board Keith Hefner, Exec. Director, Youth Communication John Mattingly, Commissioner, ACS Esmeralda Simmons, Exec. Director, Medgar Evers Center for Law and Social Justice Winners, 12th Annual Awards for Youth In Foster Care Alfonso Wyatt, Vice President, Fund for the City of New York Winners, 12th Annual Awards for Youth In Foster Care Winners, 12th Annual Awards for Youth In Foster Care Grand Prize Winner Grand Prize Winner Evette Soto-Maldonado, attorney Grand Prize Winner Max Moran, social worker, and former Represent writer Grand Prize Winner Virginia Vitzthum, Editor, Represent magazine Grand Prize Winner Autumn Spanne, Editor, Represent magazine Grand Prize Winner Grand Prize Winners A winner with his supporters 12th Annual Awards for Youth In Foster Care A winner with her supporters   Javascript

Twenty young people were honored at the Twelfth Annual Awards for Youth in Foster Care at The College Board on June 3, 2010.

The winners received prizes of $500 to $1000 in scholarship money in an essay contest to recognize New York City youth in foster care and the adults who work with them.

In their essays, winners describe how they have overcome tremendous adversity, often with the help of a caring adult. They also wrote about how they have made a positive impact on themselves, another person or the system.

The essay contest was sponsored by The Sunny and Abe Rosenberg Foundation, The Tin Man Fund, The College Board and Youth Communication, publisher of Represent: The Voice of Youth in Care.

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