My name is Anna Camp. I am on track to become the first person in my family to graduate from high school. My upbringing was not typical, as my mother gave birth to me and my twin when she was just 19 years old. My birth father was not in a relationship with my mom. He was 54 years old, and the situation involved a drug transaction. I spent nine years in foster care. My earliest memory is of my twin sister and me often being alone. Our mom would either be asleep or missing. We knew we could rely on our neighbor to give us food, so we depended on her for help. When I was 2, I had to go into the system for the first time. My mom was looking for an escape from her troubles, and in her haste, she entrusted my brother and me to one of her acquaintances—someone who was involved in drug activities. It was a chaotic couple of months, filled with uncertainty and fear, until finally, after two long months, we were located four hours away from where we had been staying. Fortunately, we were taken in by our Aunt and Uncle, who provided us with a sense of stability and safety during that rough time. Meanwhile, my mom was trying to get her life back on track. She checked herself into rehab, hoping to overcome her struggles. It was during that challenging period that she unexpectedly got pregnant again. Nine months later, I welcomed a little sister into the world. After some time, I moved back in with my mom. The situation was far from typical; at just three years old, I found myself taking on the responsibilities of looking after a baby. I was changing diapers, comforting her when she cried, and ensuring we had food to eat. Even at such a young age, I felt a sense of duty and responsibility that was heavy for someone my age. It was a challenging but formative experience that shaped my early childhood. There was one time I remember most of all. My little Sister; 1 at the time. Was so thirsty and I couldn't reach the sink so she got water out of the toilet. Imagine being so thirsty that you drink out of the toilet. But that was my normal. I knew nothing else. It was hard when I realized that Washington state rules that if you were adopted after 13 then you get your whole college paid. I was in a terrible situation for 9 years and the state making that age bracket after they gave off this “I wanna help all the kids succeed” motto is frustrating. The State says they care about foster kids and want to support them. They're supposed to take care of us but they only wanna protect their money. Did you know that only 32% of foster kids graduate high school? “Approximately 512,000 children were in foster care on the last day of 2006” which is the year I was born. That means out of 512,00 only 163,840 will graduate high school. “Less than 10% of foster youth pursue higher education. Only 3% will graduate with a four-year degree. Less than 0.5 -1% will graduate with a master's or higher” At most 15,360 kids will graduate college and 5,120 kids will get a master's or higher. With those odds against us, why try? This realization inspired me to pursue a psychology career, earn a Ph.D. to work specifically with children.

My name is Anna Camp. I am on track to become the first person in my family to graduate from high school. My upbringing was not typical, as my mother gave birth to me and my twin when she was just 19 years old. My birth father was not in a relationship with my mom. He was 54 years old, and the situation involved a drug transaction. I spent nine years in foster care. My earliest memory is of my twin sister and me often being alone. Our mom would either be asleep or missing. We knew we could rely on our neighbor to give us food, so we depended on her for help. When I was 2, I had to go into the system for the first time. My mom was looking for an escape from her troubles, and in her haste, she entrusted my brother and me to one of her acquaintances—someone who was involved in drug activities. It was a chaotic couple of months, filled with uncertainty and fear, until finally, after two long months, we were located four hours away from where we had been staying. Fortunately, we were taken in by our Aunt and Uncle, who provided us with a sense of stability and safety during that rough time. Meanwhile, my mom was trying to get her life back on track. She checked herself into rehab, hoping to overcome her struggles. It was during that challenging period that she unexpectedly got pregnant again. Nine months later, I welcomed a little sister into the world. After some time, I moved back in with my mom. The situation was far from typical; at just three years old, I found myself taking on the responsibilities of looking after a baby. I was changing diapers, comforting her when she cried, and ensuring we had food to eat. Even at such a young age, I felt a sense of duty and responsibility that was heavy for someone my age. It was a challenging but formative experience that shaped my early childhood. There was one time I remember most of all. My little Sister; 1 at the time. Was so thirsty and I couldn't reach the sink so she got water out of the toilet. Imagine being so thirsty that you drink out of the toilet. But that was my normal. I knew nothing else. It was hard when I realized that Washington state rules that if you were adopted after 13 then you get your whole college paid. I was in a terrible situation for 9 years and the state making that age bracket after they gave off this “I wanna help all the kids succeed” motto is frustrating. The State says they care about foster kids and want to support them. They're supposed to take care of us but they only wanna protect their money. Did you know that only 32% of foster kids graduate high school? “Approximately 512,000 children were in foster care on the last day of 2006” which is the year I was born. That means out of 512,00 only 163,840 will graduate high school. “Less than 10% of foster youth pursue higher education. Only 3% will graduate with a four-year degree. Less than 0.5 -1% will graduate with a master's or higher” At most 15,360 kids will graduate college and 5,120 kids will get a master's or higher. With those odds against us, why try? This realization inspired me to pursue a psychology career, earn a Ph.D. to work specifically with children.

My name is Anna Camp. I am on track to become the first person in my family to graduate from high school. My upbringing was not typical, as my mother gave birth to me and my twin when she was just 19 years old. My birth father was not in a relationship with my mom. He was 54 years old, and the situation involved a drug transaction. I spent nine years in foster care. My earliest memory is of my twin sister and me often being alone. Our mom would either be asleep or missing. We knew we could rely on our neighbor to give us food, so we depended on her for help. When I was 2, I had to go into the system for the first time. My mom was looking for an escape from her troubles, and in her haste, she entrusted my brother and me to one of her acquaintances—someone who was involved in drug activities. It was a chaotic couple of months, filled with uncertainty and fear, until finally, after two long months, we were located four hours away from where we had been staying. Fortunately, we were taken in by our Aunt and Uncle, who provided us with a sense of stability and safety during that rough time. Meanwhile, my mom was trying to get her life back on track. She checked herself into rehab, hoping to overcome her struggles. It was during that challenging period that she unexpectedly got pregnant again. Nine months later, I welcomed a little sister into the world. After some time, I moved back in with my mom. The situation was far from typical; at just three years old, I found myself taking on the responsibilities of looking after a baby. I was changing diapers, comforting her when she cried, and ensuring we had food to eat. Even at such a young age, I felt a sense of duty and responsibility that was heavy for someone my age. It was a challenging but formative experience that shaped my early childhood. There was one time I remember most of all. My little Sister; 1 at the time. Was so thirsty and I couldn't reach the sink so she got water out of the toilet. Imagine being so thirsty that you drink out of the toilet. But that was my normal. I knew nothing else. It was hard when I realized that Washington state rules that if you were adopted after 13 then you get your whole college paid. I was in a terrible situation for 9 years and the state making that age bracket after they gave off this “I wanna help all the kids succeed” motto is frustrating. The State says they care about foster kids and want to support them. They're supposed to take care of us but they only wanna protect their money. Did you know that only 32% of foster kids graduate high school? “Approximately 512,000 children were in foster care on the last day of 2006” which is the year I was born. That means out of 512,00 only 163,840 will graduate high school. “Less than 10% of foster youth pursue higher education. Only 3% will graduate with a four-year degree. Less than 0.5 -1% will graduate with a master's or higher” At most 15,360 kids will graduate college and 5,120 kids will get a master's or higher. With those odds against us, why try? This realization inspired me to pursue a psychology career, earn a Ph.D. to work specifically with children.

My name is Anna Camp. I am on track to become the first person in my family to graduate from high school. My upbringing was not typical, as my mother gave birth to me and my twin when she was just 19 years old. My birth father was not in a relationship with my mom. He was 54 years old, and the situation involved a drug transaction. I spent nine years in foster care. My earliest memory is of my twin sister and me often being alone. Our mom would either be asleep or missing. We knew we could rely on our neighbor to give us food, so we depended on her for help. When I was 2, I had to go into the system for the first time. My mom was looking for an escape from her troubles, and in her haste, she entrusted my brother and me to one of her acquaintances—someone who was involved in drug activities. It was a chaotic couple of months, filled with uncertainty and fear, until finally, after two long months, we were located four hours away from where we had been staying. Fortunately, we were taken in by our Aunt and Uncle, who provided us with a sense of stability and safety during that rough time. Meanwhile, my mom was trying to get her life back on track. She checked herself into rehab, hoping to overcome her struggles. It was during that challenging period that she unexpectedly got pregnant again. Nine months later, I welcomed a little sister into the world. After some time, I moved back in with my mom. The situation was far from typical; at just three years old, I found myself taking on the responsibilities of looking after a baby. I was changing diapers, comforting her when she cried, and ensuring we had food to eat. Even at such a young age, I felt a sense of duty and responsibility that was heavy for someone my age. It was a challenging but formative experience that shaped my early childhood. There was one time I remember most of all. My little Sister; 1 at the time. Was so thirsty and I couldn't reach the sink so she got water out of the toilet. Imagine being so thirsty that you drink out of the toilet. But that was my normal. I knew nothing else. It was hard when I realized that Washington state rules that if you were adopted after 13 then you get your whole college paid. I was in a terrible situation for 9 years and the state making that age bracket after they gave off this “I wanna help all the kids succeed” motto is frustrating. The State says they care about foster kids and want to support them. They're supposed to take care of us but they only wanna protect their money. Did you know that only 32% of foster kids graduate high school? “Approximately 512,000 children were in foster care on the last day of 2006” which is the year I was born. That means out of 512,00 only 163,840 will graduate high school. “Less than 10% of foster youth pursue higher education. Only 3% will graduate with a four-year degree. Less than 0.5 -1% will graduate with a master's or higher” At most 15,360 kids will graduate college and 5,120 kids will get a master's or higher. With those odds against us, why try? This realization inspired me to pursue a psychology career, earn a Ph.D. to work specifically with children.

My name is Anna Camp. I am on track to become the first person in my family to graduate from high school. My upbringing was not typical, as my mother gave birth to me and my twin when she was just 19 years old. My birth father was not in a relationship with my mom. He was 54 years old, and the situation involved a drug transaction. I spent nine years in foster care. My earliest memory is of my twin sister and me often being alone. Our mom would either be asleep or missing. We knew we could rely on our neighbor to give us food, so we depended on her for help. When I was 2, I had to go into the system for the first time. My mom was looking for an escape from her troubles, and in her haste, she entrusted my brother and me to one of her acquaintances—someone who was involved in drug activities. It was a chaotic couple of months, filled with uncertainty and fear, until finally, after two long months, we were located four hours away from where we had been staying. Fortunately, we were taken in by our Aunt and Uncle, who provided us with a sense of stability and safety during that rough time. Meanwhile, my mom was trying to get her life back on track. She checked herself into rehab, hoping to overcome her struggles. It was during that challenging period that she unexpectedly got pregnant again. Nine months later, I welcomed a little sister into the world. After some time, I moved back in with my mom. The situation was far from typical; at just three years old, I found myself taking on the responsibilities of looking after a baby. I was changing diapers, comforting her when she cried, and ensuring we had food to eat. Even at such a young age, I felt a sense of duty and responsibility that was heavy for someone my age. It was a challenging but formative experience that shaped my early childhood. There was one time I remember most of all. My little Sister; 1 at the time. Was so thirsty and I couldn't reach the sink so she got water out of the toilet. Imagine being so thirsty that you drink out of the toilet. But that was my normal. I knew nothing else. It was hard when I realized that Washington state rules that if you were adopted after 13 then you get your whole college paid. I was in a terrible situation for 9 years and the state making that age bracket after they gave off this “I wanna help all the kids succeed” motto is frustrating. The State says they care about foster kids and want to support them. They're supposed to take care of us but they only wanna protect their money. Did you know that only 32% of foster kids graduate high school? “Approximately 512,000 children were in foster care on the last day of 2006” which is the year I was born. That means out of 512,00 only 163,840 will graduate high school. “Less than 10% of foster youth pursue higher education. Only 3% will graduate with a four-year degree. Less than 0.5 -1% will graduate with a master's or higher” At most 15,360 kids will graduate college and 5,120 kids will get a master's or higher. With those odds against us, why try? This realization inspired me to pursue a psychology career, earn a Ph.D. to work specifically with children.

My name is Anna Camp. I will be the first person to graduate from high school from my family. I didn't have a typical childhood. My birth Mom had me and my twin when she was 19. Our birth Father was not dating my Mom. He was 54 years old. It was a drug transaction. I was in Foster Care for 9 years. My first memory was that my Twin Sister and I would always be alone. My Mom was asleep or gone. We knew that our Neighbor would give us food so we relied on her. When I was 2, I had to go into the system for the first time. My Mom wanted to get away so she gave us to one of her drug buddies. Long story short they found us 2 months later 4 hours away. We went to our Aunt and Uncle's house. My Mom went to rehab and got pregnant. Nine months later, I had a little sister three years younger than me. I moved back in with my Mom. I had to take care of a Baby when I was three years old. I was changing diapers and making sure we had food at three. There was one time I remember most of all. My Little Sister; I waste time. Was so thirsty and I couldn't reach the sink so she got water out of the toilet. Imagine being so thirsty that you drink out of the bathroom. But that was my normal. I knew nothing else. It was hard when I realized that Washington state rules that if you were adopted after 13 then you get your whole college paid. I was in a terrible situation for 9 years and the state making that age bracket after they gave off this “I wanna help all the kids succeed” motto is frustrating. The State says they care about foster kids and want to support them. They're supposed to take care of us but they only wanna protect their money. Did you know that only 32% of foster kids graduate high school? “Approximately 512,000 children were in foster care on the last day of 2006” which is the year I was born. That means out of 512,00 only 163,840 will graduate high school. “Less than 10% of foster youth pursue higher education. Only 3% will graduate with a four-year degree. Less than 0.5 -1% will graduate with a master's or higher” At most 15,360 kids will graduate college and 5,120 kids will get a master's or higher. With those odds against us, why try? I took a health class when I was a freshman. The teacher's name was Ms. Karkau. She showed me it's possible to break that cycle. It took me a while to realize want to pursue a career in psychology and eventually earn my Ph.D. to work with children and help them get their lives on track. I am eager to attend college because I am passionate about making a difference. My goal is to care for and support the next generation as much as I can, so they can break their cycles and live the lives they desire, not the lives they were born into. Ultimately, I want to care for kids who were in my situation and help them know that people do care about them. I want to be in control. I want to make a difference in the world. I want to be an advocate for children who live lives like mine.

I will be the first person to graduate from high school from my family. My birth Mom had me and my twin when she was 19. He was 54 years old. It was a drug transaction. When I was 2, I had to go into the system for the first time. My Mom wanted to get away so she gave us to one of her drug buddies. Long story short they found us 2 months later 4 hours away. We went to our Aunt and Uncle's house. My Mom went to rehab; and got pregnant, 9 months later I had a little sister 3 years younger than me. I was changing diapers and making sure we had food at 3. Being thirsty you drink out of the toilet. Washington state rules that if you were adopted after 13 then you get your college paid. I was in a terrible situation for 9 years and the state making that age bracket after they gave off this “I wanna help all the kids succeed” motto is frustrating. The State says they care about foster kids and want to support them. They're supposed to take care of us but they only wanna protect their money. Did you know that only 32% of foster kids graduate high school? “Approximately 512,000 children were in foster care on the last day of 2006” which is the year I was born. That means out of 512,00 only 163,840 will graduate high school. “Less than 10% of foster youth pursue higher education. Only 3% will graduate with a four-year degree. Less than 0.5 -1% will graduate with a master's or higher” At most 15,360 kids will graduate college and 5,120 kids will get a master's or higher. With those odds against us, why try? It took me a while to realize want to pursue a career in psychology and eventually earn my Ph.D. My goal is to care for and support the next generation as much as I can, so they can break their cycles and live the lives they desire, not the lives they were born into. Ultimately, I want to care for kids who were in my situation and help them know that people do care about them. I want to be in control. I want to make a difference in the world. I want to be an advocate for children who live lives like mine.

My name is Anna Camp. I am on track to become the first person in my family to graduate from high school. My upbringing was not typical, as my mother gave birth to me and my twin when she was just 19 years old. My birth father was not in a relationship with my mom. He was 54 years old, and the situation involved a drug transaction. I spent nine years in foster care. My earliest memory is of my twin sister and me often being alone. Our mom would either be asleep or missing. We knew we could rely on our neighbor to give us food, so we depended on her for help. When I was 2, I had to go into the system for the first time. My mom was looking for an escape from her troubles, and in her haste, she entrusted my brother and me to one of her acquaintances—someone who was involved in drug activities. It was a chaotic couple of months, filled with uncertainty and fear, until finally, after two long months, we were located four hours away from where we had been staying. Fortunately, we were taken in by our Aunt and Uncle, who provided us with a sense of stability and safety during that rough time. Meanwhile, my mom was trying to get her life back on track. She checked herself into rehab, hoping to overcome her struggles. It was during that challenging period that she unexpectedly got pregnant again. Nine months later, I welcomed a little sister into the world. After some time, I moved back in with my mom. The situation was far from typical; at just three years old, I found myself taking on the responsibilities of looking after a baby. I was changing diapers, comforting her when she cried, and ensuring we had food to eat. Even at such a young age, I felt a sense of duty and responsibility that was heavy for someone my age. It was a challenging but formative experience that shaped my early childhood. There was one time I remember most of all. My little Sister; 1 at the time. Was so thirsty and I couldn't reach the sink so she got water out of the toilet. Imagine being so thirsty that you drink out of the toilet. But that was my normal. I knew nothing else. It was hard when I realized that Washington state rules that if you were adopted after 13 then you get your whole college paid. I was in a terrible situation for 9 years and the state making that age bracket after they gave off this “I wanna help all the kids succeed” motto is frustrating. The State says they care about foster kids and want to support them. They're supposed to take care of us but they only wanna protect their money. Did you know that only 32% of foster kids graduate high school? “Approximately 512,000 children were in foster care on the last day of 2006” which is the year I was born. That means out of 512,00 only 163,840 will graduate high school. “Less than 10% of foster youth pursue higher education. Only 3% will graduate with a four-year degree. Less than 0.5 -1% will graduate with a master's or higher” At most 15,360 kids will graduate college and 5,120 kids will get a master's or higher. With those odds against us, why try? In my freshman year, I enrolled in a health class taught by Ms. Karkau, which significantly influenced my perspective on life and career possibilities. Through this class, I learned about the potential to break negative cycles that affect many individuals. This realization inspired me to pursue a career in psychology, with the goal of earning a Ph.D. to work specifically with children. I am highly motivated to attend college due to my passion for making a difference in the lives of young people. My primary objective is to provide care and support to the next generation, helping them escape the limitations of their circumstances and achieve the lives they aspire to lead. I aim to connect with children who have faced challenges similar to my own, reassuring them that they are cared for and valued. Ultimately, I seek to take control of my life and advocate for children experiencing difficulties akin to those I faced. My commitment lies in fostering resilience and hope among young individuals, empowering them to build brighter futures.In my freshman year, I enrolled in a health class taught by Ms. Karkau, which significantly influenced my perspective on life and career possibilities. Through this class, I learned about the potential to break negative cycles that affect many individuals. This realization inspired me to pursue a career in psychology, with the goal of earning a Ph.D. to work specifically with children.

My name is Anna Camp. I will be the first person to graduate from high school from my family. I didn't have a typical childhood. My birth Mom had me and my twin when she was 19. Our birth Father was not dating my Mom. He was 54 years old. It was a drug transaction. I was in Foster Care for 9 years. My first memory was that my Twin Sister and I would always be alone. My Mom was asleep or gone. We knew that our Neighbor would give us food so we relied on her. When I was 2, I had to go into the system for the first time. My Mom wanted to get away so she gave us to one of her drug buddies. Long story short they found us 2 months later 4 hours away. We went to our Aunt and Uncle's house. My Mom went to rehab; and got pregnant, 9 months later I had a little sister 3 years younger than me. I moved back in with my Mom. I had to take care of a Baby when I was 3 years old. I was changing diapers and making sure we had food at 3. There was one time I remember most of all. My little Sister; 1 at the time. Was so thirsty and I couldn't reach the sink so she got water out of the toilet. Imagine being so thirsty that you drink out of the toilet. But that was my normal. I knew nothing else. It was hard when I realized that Washington state rules that if you were adopted after 13 then you get your whole college paid. I was in a terrible situation for 9 years and the state making that age bracket after they gave off this “I wanna help all the kids succeed” motto is frustrating. The State says they care about foster kids and want to support them. They're supposed to take care of us but they only wanna protect their money. Did you know that only 32% of foster kids graduate high school? “Approximately 512,000 children were in foster care on the last day of 2006” which is the year I was born. That means out of 512,00 only 163,840 will graduate high school. “Less than 10% of foster youth pursue higher education. Only 3% will graduate with a four-year degree. Less than 0.5 -1% will graduate with a master's or higher” At most 15,360 kids will graduate college and 5,120 kids will get a master's or higher. With those odds against us, why try? I took a health class when I was a freshman. The teacher's name was Ms. Karkau. She showed me it's possible to break that cycle. It took me a while to realize want to pursue a career in psychology and eventually earn my Ph.D. to work with children and help them get their lives on track. I am eager to attend this college because I am passionate about making a difference. My goal is to care for and support the next generation as much as I can, so they can break their cycles and live the lives they desire, not the lives they were born into. Ultimately, I want to care for kids who were in my situation and help them know that people do care about them. I want to be in control. I want to make a difference in the world. I want to be an advocate for children who live lives like mine.

I firmly believe that "The Hunger Games" is the pinnacle of book-to-movie adaptations, and I attribute this distinction to several compelling factors, particularly the seamless translation of characters from the page to the big screen. At the forefront of this adaptation's success are the casting decisions, which were nothing short of inspired. Jennifer Lawrence’s portrayal of Katniss Everdeen is a standout performance that captures the character's fierce independence, resilience, and deeply embedded vulnerability. Throughout the film, Lawrence embodies Katniss’s internal conflicts and unwavering determination, crafting a multidimensional character who resonates with audiences, making her struggles and choices both relatable and impactful. Equally impressive is Josh Hutcherson's performance as Peeta Mellark. He perfectly encapsulates Peeta's inherent kindness, strength, and complexity. Hutcherson brings depth to his character, effectively illustrating Peeta’s loyalty and bravery, which adds layers to his relationship with Katniss. The chemistry between the two actors is palpable, further enhancing the authenticity of their connection. Each character in the film feels true to their literary counterparts, which is essential for maintaining the integrity and emotional core of Suzanne Collins' story. The filmmakers deserve commendation for their skillful adaptation of the source material. They managed to preserve the essence of the original narrative while making thoughtful adjustments necessary for the cinematic format. The film's pacing mirrors the tension and urgency of the book, creating a gripping atmosphere that keeps the audience on the edge of their seats. Key scenes are rendered with emotional intensity, ensuring that viewers experience the same soaring highs and gut-wrenching lows as readers felt while turning the pages. Moreover, the visual storytelling employed in "The Hunger Games" significantly enhances the world-building established by Collins. The stark contrast between the opulence of the Capitol and the dire conditions of the impoverished Districts is visually striking and thought-provoking. The attention to detail in the arena's design, along with the cinematography, immerses audiences in the gritty and dystopian universe of Panem. Every visual element—from the costumes to the settings—works in tandem to vividly depict the themes of inequality and survival that are central to the narrative. In conclusion, "The Hunger Games" emerges as a premier example of a successful book-to-movie adaptation. The characters are portrayed with a remarkable level of care and precision, ensuring that their journeys are compelling and emotionally resonant. The story flows seamlessly from book to screen, and the cinematic techniques employed really bring to life the rich and intricate world that Collins created. This film not only captivates fans of the original novel but also invites newcomers into its gripping narrative, solidifying its place as a standout adaptation in contemporary cinema. that viewers experience the same soaring highs and gut-wrenching lows as readers felt while turning the pages.

My name is Anna Camp. I will be the first person to graduate from high school from my family. I didn't have a typical childhood. My birth Mom had me and my twin when she was 19. Our birth Father was not dating my Mom. He was 54 years old. It was a drug transaction. I was in Foster Care for 9 years. My first memory was that my Twin Sister and I would always be alone. My Mom was asleep or gone. We knew that our Neighbor would give us food so we relied on her. When I was 2, I had to go into the system for the first time. My Mom wanted to get away so she gave us to one of her drug buddies. Long story short they found us 2 months later 4 hours away. We went to our Aunt and Uncle's house. My Mom went to rehab; and got pregnant, 9 months later I had a little sister 3 years younger than me. I moved back in with my Mom. I had to take care of a Baby when I was 3 years old. I was changing diapers and making sure we had food at 3. There was one time I remember most of all. My little Sister; 1 at the time. Was so thirsty and I couldn't reach the sink so she got water out of the toilet. Imagine being so thirsty that you drink out of the toilet. But that was my normal. I knew nothing else. It was hard when I realized that Washington state rules that if you were adopted after 13 then you get your whole college paid. I was in a terrible situation for 9 years and the state making that age bracket after they gave off this “I wanna help all the kids succeed” motto is frustrating. The State says they care about foster kids and want to support them. They're supposed to take care of us but they only wanna protect their money. Did you know that only 32% of foster kids graduate high school? “Approximately 512,000 children were in foster care on the last day of 2006” which is the year I was born. That means out of 512,00 only 163,840 will graduate high school. “Less than 10% of foster youth pursue higher education. Only 3% will graduate with a four-year degree. Less than 0.5 -1% will graduate with a master's or higher” At most 15,360 kids will graduate college and 5,120 kids will get a master's or higher. With those odds against us, why try? I took a health class when I was a freshman. The teacher's name was Ms. Karkau. She showed me it's possible to break that cycle. It took me a while to realize want to pursue a career in psychology and eventually earn my Ph.D. to work with children and help them get their lives on track. I am eager to attend this college because I am passionate about making a difference. My goal is to care for and support the next generation as much as I can, so they can break their cycles and live the lives they desire, not the lives they were born into. Ultimately, I want to care for kids who were in my situation and help them know that people do care about them. I want to be in control. I want to make a difference in the world. I want to be an advocate for children who live lives like mine.

I love Michael Phelps for so many reasons. First and foremost, his dedication to the sport of swimming is truly inspiring. From a young age, he demonstrated a relentless work ethic and an unwavering commitment to excellence, pushing the boundaries of what was thought possible in the pool. His record-breaking achievements, including 23 Olympic gold medals, are incredible, but it's his journey that resonates with me the most. Phelps has faced his share of challenges, both in and out of the water. His openness about mental health struggles has helped shed light on an important issue and has encouraged many to seek help and prioritize their well-being. This vulnerability makes him relatable and shows that even the greatest athletes face their demons. Additionally, his sportsmanship and humility have also made him a role model. Despite his incredible success, Phelps has always shown respect for his competitors and the sport itself. His ability to celebrate others' achievements, even when he was the one standing on the podium, speaks volumes about his character. Finally, I admire how he has used his platform to give back, particularly through initiatives aimed at promoting swimming and supporting youth sports. Phelps embodies the idea that success isn’t just about personal accomplishments; it's also about inspiring others and making a positive impact in the world. All these qualities combined make him a remarkable athlete and an admirable person.

Writing has always been a deeply cherished passion of mine, a refuge where I find solace and excitement in equal measure. There’s something undeniably magical about the act of transforming ethereal thoughts and complex emotions into tangible words that dance across the page. When I sit down with a pen in hand and a blank sheet of paper, or when I tap away at my keyboard, I am enveloped in a profound sense of freedom. It feels as if I’m opening a gateway to my own imagination, a portal that allows me to explore uncharted territories filled with vibrant worlds, intricate characters, and innovative ideas waiting to be discovered. I adore the writing process itself—the gradual transition from an empty canvas to a tapestry woven from my innermost thoughts. As I begin to write, I relish how each word flows into the next, how each sentence takes on its own life, and how each paragraph contributes to the unfolding narrative. It’s a journey that demands patience and introspection, inviting me to reflect on what I sometimes find difficult to articulate out loud. Writing becomes a channel through which I can process my feelings, share my myriad experiences, and forge connections with others who may resonate with my words. Every single word I put down feels like a fragment of my very essence, and when I revisit my creations, it’s almost as if I’m engaging in a heartfelt conversation with myself. In each piece, whether I’m crafting a whimsical short story, documenting the events of my daily life in a journal, or penning a heartfelt poem, I can see reflections of who I truly am, my hopes and fears splashed across the pages. Moreover, writing continuously challenges me in ways that spur my growth. It pushes me to delve deeper into my thoughts and emotions, to confront my vulnerabilities, and to consistently strive for improvement in my craft. The joy of writing extends beyond the solitary act of creation; it thrives in the moments of sharing my work with others. When someone reads my writing and finds a connection within it, that experience brings a fulfillment that words often fail to encapsulate. It makes every late night spent scribbling down ideas and every moment of self-doubt worthwhile. Ultimately, writing transcends the realm of mere hobby; it is a fervent passion that infuses my life with purpose and joy. It serves as both an anchor during stormy times and a celebratory companion during moments of triumph, enriching my existence in countless ways.

My name is Anna Camp. I will be the first person to graduate from high school from my family. I didn't have a typical childhood. My birth Mom had me and my twin when she was 19. Our birth Father was not dating my Mom. He was 54 years old. It was a drug transaction. I was in Foster Care for 9 years. My first memory was that my Twin Sister and I would always be alone. My Mom was asleep or gone. We knew that our Neighbor would give us food so we relied on her. When I was 2, I had to go into the system for the first time. My Mom wanted to get away so she gave us to one of her drug buddies. Long story short they found us 2 months later 4 hours away. We went to our Aunt and Uncle's house. My Mom went to rehab; and got pregnant, 9 months later I had a little sister 3 years younger than me. I moved back in with my Mom. I had to take care of a Baby when I was 3 years old. I was changing diapers and making sure we had food at 3. There was one time I remember most of all. My little Sister; 1 at the time. Was so thirsty and I couldn't reach the sink so she got water out of the toilet. Imagine being so thirsty that you drink out of the toilet. But that was my normal. I knew nothing else. It was hard when I realized that Washington state rules that if you were adopted after 13 then you get your whole college paid. I was in a terrible situation for 9 years and the state making that age bracket after they gave off this “I wanna help all the kids succeed” motto is frustrating. The State says they care about foster kids and want to support them. They're supposed to take care of us but they only wanna protect their money. Did you know that only 32% of foster kids graduate high school? “Approximately 512,000 children were in foster care on the last day of 2006” which is the year I was born. That means out of 512,00 only 163,840 will graduate high school. “Less than 10% of foster youth pursue higher education. Only 3% will graduate with a four-year degree. Less than 0.5 -1% will graduate with a master's or higher” At most 15,360 kids will graduate college and 5,120 kids will get a master's or higher. With those odds against us, why try? I took a health class when I was a freshman. The teacher's name was Ms. Karkau. She showed me it's possible to break that cycle. It took me a while to realize want to pursue a career in psychology and eventually earn my Ph.D. to work with children and help them get their lives on track. I am eager to attend this college because I am passionate about making a difference. My goal is to care for and support the next generation as much as I can, so they can break their cycles and live the lives they desire, not the lives they were born into. Ultimately, I want to care for kids who were in my situation and help them know that people do care about them. I want to be in control. I want to make a difference in the world. I want to be an advocate for children who live lives like mine.

My name is Anna Camp. I will be the first person to graduate from high school from my family. I didn't have a typical childhood. My birth Mom had me and my twin when she was 19. Our birth Father was not dating my Mom. He was 54 years old. It was a drug transaction. I was in Foster Care for 9 years. My first memory was that my Twin Sister and I would always be alone. My Mom was asleep or gone. We knew that our Neighbor would give us food so we relied on her. When I was 2, I had to go into the system for the first time. My Mom wanted to get away so she gave us to one of her drug buddies. Long story short they found us 2 months later 4 hours away. We went to our Aunt and Uncle's house. My Mom went to rehab; and got pregnant, 9 months later I had a little sister 3 years younger than me. I moved back in with my Mom. I had to take care of a Baby when I was 3 years old. I was changing diapers and making sure we had food at 3. There was one time I remember most of all. My little Sister; 1 at the time. Was so thirsty and I couldn't reach the sink so she got water out of the toilet. Imagine being so thirsty that you drink out of the toilet. But that was my normal. I knew nothing else. It was hard when I realized that Washington state rules that if you were adopted after 13 then you get your whole college paid. I was in a terrible situation for 9 years and the state making that age bracket after they gave off this “I wanna help all the kids succeed” motto is frustrating. The State says they care about foster kids and want to support them. They're supposed to take care of us but they only wanna protect their money. Did you know that only 32% of foster kids graduate high school? “Approximately 512,000 children were in foster care on the last day of 2006” which is the year I was born. That means out of 512,00 only 163,840 will graduate high school. “Less than 10% of foster youth pursue higher education. Only 3% will graduate with a four-year degree. Less than 0.5 -1% will graduate with a master's or higher” At most 15,360 kids will graduate college and 5,120 kids will get a master's or higher. With those odds against us, why try? I took a health class when I was a freshman. The teacher's name was Ms. Karkau. She showed me it's possible to break that cycle. It took me a while to realize want to pursue a career in psychology and eventually earn my Ph.D. to work with children and help them get their lives on track. I am eager to attend this college because I am passionate about making a difference. My goal is to care for and support the next generation as much as I can, so they can break their cycles and live the lives they desire, not the lives they were born into. Ultimately, I want to care for kids who were in my situation and help them know that people do care about them. I want to be in control. I want to make a difference in the world. I want to be an advocate for children who live lives like mine.

Billie Eilish holds a special place in my heart, particularly her poignant song "When the Party's Over." This haunting melody, with its delicate piano notes, resonates deeply with me due to my past relationship experiences. The raw and reflective lyrics echo feelings of heartbreak and longing, vividly portraying the emotional turmoil that comes with investing so much in someone who seemed perpetually distant. Billie beautifully captures the bittersweet struggle of wanting to forge ahead while still feeling an unbreakable connection, encapsulating both the laughter and the tension of my cherished yet painful memories. The song serves as a powerful reminder that recognizing the right moment to let go is crucial for healing and growth. Another song that profoundly impacts me is "What Was I Made For." Its introspective lyrics tackle my ongoing battles with self-worth and identity, shedding light on the deeper insecurities that often plague me. Each verse resonates as it articulates my doubts, guiding me through my journey to uncover my true value. With every listen, I find encouragement to embrace my vulnerabilities, reminding me that I am not alone in grappling with these complex feelings and that the pursuit of purpose is, indeed, a shared experience. Lastly, "Skinny" strikes a deep chord with my longstanding struggles surrounding body image. The song's raw honesty regarding personal insecurities and the weight of societal expectations feels like a candid conversation with a friend who truly understands my internal conflicts. Billie's powerful delivery illuminates the frustration of trying to conform to rigid beauty standards, while simultaneously emphasizing the profound importance of self-acceptance. Through her evocative music, Billie articulates these layered emotions, creating anthems that resonate with anyone wrestling with similar trials, encouraging us to embrace our true selves amidst the noise of external pressures.

My name is Anna Camp. I will be the first person to graduate from high school from my family. I didn't have a typical childhood. My birth Mom had me and my twin when she was 19. Our birth Father was not dating my Mom. He was 54 years old. It was a drug transaction. I was in Foster Care for 9 years. My first memory was that my Twin Sister and I would always be alone. My Mom was asleep or gone. We knew that our Neighbor would give us food so we relied on her. When I was 2, I had to go into the system for the first time. My Mom wanted to get away so she gave us to one of her drug buddies. Long story short they found us 2 months later 4 hours away. We went to our Aunt and Uncle's house. My Mom went to rehab; and got pregnant, 9 months later I had a little sister 3 years younger than me. I moved back in with my Mom. I had to take care of a Baby when I was 3 years old. I was changing diapers and making sure we had food at 3. There was one time I remember most of all. My little Sister; 1 at the time. Was so thirsty and I couldn't reach the sink so she got water out of the toilet. Imagine being so thirsty that you drink out of the toilet. But that was my normal. I knew nothing else. It was hard when I realized that Washington state rules that if you were adopted after 13 then you get your whole college paid. I was in a terrible situation for 9 years and the state making that age bracket after they gave off this “I wanna help all the kids succeed” motto is frustrating. The State says they care about foster kids and want to support them. They're supposed to take care of us but they only wanna protect their money. Did you know that only 32% of foster kids graduate high school? “Approximately 512,000 children were in foster care on the last day of 2006” which is the year I was born. That means out of 512,00 only 163,840 will graduate high school. “Less than 10% of foster youth pursue higher education. Only 3% will graduate with a four-year degree. Less than 0.5 -1% will graduate with a master's or higher” At most 15,360 kids will graduate college and 5,120 kids will get a master's or higher. With those odds against us, why try? I took a health class when I was a freshman. The teacher's name was Ms. Karkau. She showed me it's possible to break that cycle. It took me a while to realize want to pursue a career in psychology and eventually earn my Ph.D. to work with children and help them get their lives on track. I am eager to attend this college because I am passionate about making a difference. My goal is to care for and support the next generation as much as I can, so they can break their cycles and live the lives they desire, not the lives they were born into. Ultimately, I want to care for kids who were in my situation and help them know that people do care about them. I want to be in control. I want to make a difference in the world. I want to be an advocate for children who live lives like mine.

My name is Anna Camp. I will be the first person to graduate from high school from my family. I didn't have a typical childhood. My birth Mom had me and my twin when she was 19. Our birth Father was not dating my Mom. He was 54 years old. It was a drug transaction. I was in Foster Care for 9 years. My first memory was that my Twin Sister and I would always be alone. My Mom was asleep or gone. We knew that our Neighbor would give us food so we relied on her. When I was 2, I had to go into the system for the first time. My Mom wanted to get away so she gave us to one of her drug buddies. Long story short they found us 2 months later 4 hours away. We went to our Aunt and Uncle's house. My Mom went to rehab; and got pregnant, 9 months later I had a little sister 3 years younger than me. I moved back in with my Mom. I had to take care of a Baby when I was 3 years old. I was changing diapers and making sure we had food at 3. There was one time I remember most of all. My little Sister; 1 at the time. Was so thirsty and I couldn't reach the sink so she got water out of the toilet. Imagine being so thirsty that you drink out of the toilet. But that was my normal. I knew nothing else. It was hard when I realized that Washington state rules that if you were adopted after 13 then you get your whole college paid. I was in a terrible situation for 9 years and the state making that age bracket after they gave off this “I wanna help all the kids succeed” motto is frustrating. The State says they care about foster kids and want to support them. They're supposed to take care of us but they only wanna protect their money. Did you know that only 32% of foster kids graduate high school? “Approximately 512,000 children were in foster care on the last day of 2006” which is the year I was born. That means out of 512,00 only 163,840 will graduate high school. “Less than 10% of foster youth pursue higher education. Only 3% will graduate with a four-year degree. Less than 0.5 -1% will graduate with a master's or higher” At most 15,360 kids will graduate college and 5,120 kids will get a master's or higher. With those odds against us, why try? I took a health class when I was a freshman. The teacher's name was Ms. Karkau. She showed me it's possible to break that cycle. It took me a while to realize want to pursue a career in psychology and eventually earn my Ph.D. to work with children and help them get their lives on track. I am eager to attend this college because I am passionate about making a difference. My goal is to care for and support the next generation as much as I can, so they can break their cycles and live the lives they desire, not the lives they were born into. Ultimately, I want to care for kids who were in my situation and help them know that people do care about them. I want to be in control. I want to make a difference in the world. I want to be an advocate for children who live lives like mine.

My name is Anna Camp. I will be the first person to graduate from high school from my family. I didn't have a typical childhood. My birth Mom had me and my twin when she was 19. Our birth Father was not dating my Mom. He was 54 years old. It was a drug transaction. I was in Foster Care for 9 years. My first memory was that my Twin Sister and I would always be alone. My Mom was asleep or gone. We knew that our Neighbor would give us food so we relied on her. When I was 2, I had to go into the system for the first time. My Mom wanted to get away so she gave us to one of her drug buddies. Long story short they found us 2 months later 4 hours away. We went to our Aunt and Uncle's house. My Mom went to rehab; and got pregnant, 9 months later I had a little sister 3 years younger than me. I moved back in with my Mom. I had to take care of a Baby when I was 3 years old. I was changing diapers and making sure we had food at 3. There was one time I remember most of all. My little Sister; 1 at the time. Was so thirsty and I couldn't reach the sink so she got water out of the toilet. Imagine being so thirsty that you drink out of the toilet. But that was my normal. I knew nothing else. It was hard when I realized that Washington state rules that if you were adopted after 13 then you get your whole college paid. I was in a terrible situation for 9 years and the state making that age bracket after they gave off this “I wanna help all the kids succeed” motto is frustrating. The State says they care about foster kids and want to support them. They're supposed to take care of us but they only wanna protect their money. Did you know that only 32% of foster kids graduate high school? “Approximately 512,000 children were in foster care on the last day of 2006” which is the year I was born. That means out of 512,00 only 163,840 will graduate high school. “Less than 10% of foster youth pursue higher education. Only 3% will graduate with a four-year degree. Less than 0.5 -1% will graduate with a master's or higher” At most 15,360 kids will graduate college and 5,120 kids will get a master's or higher. With those odds against us, why try? I took a health class when I was a freshman. The teacher's name was Ms. Karkau. She showed me it's possible to break that cycle. It took me a while to realize want to pursue a career in psychology and eventually earn my Ph.D. to work with children and help them get their lives on track. I am eager to attend this college because I am passionate about making a difference. My goal is to care for and support the next generation as much as I can, so they can break their cycles and live the lives they desire, not the lives they were born into. Ultimately, I want to care for kids who were in my situation and help them know that people do care about them. I want to be in control. I want to make a difference in the world. I want to be an advocate for children who live lives like mine.

My name is Anna Camp. I will be the first person to graduate from high school from my family. I didn't have a typical childhood. My birth Mom had me and my twin when she was 19. Our birth Father was not dating my Mom. He was 54 years old. It was a drug transaction. I was in Foster Care for 9 years. My first memory was that my Twin Sister and I would always be alone. My Mom was asleep or gone. We knew that our Neighbor would give us food so we relied on her. When I was 2, I had to go into the system for the first time. My Mom wanted to get away so she gave us to one of her drug buddies. Long story short they found us 2 months later 4 hours away. We went to our Aunt and Uncle's house. My Mom went to rehab; and got pregnant, 9 months later I had a little sister 3 years younger than me. I moved back in with my Mom. I had to take care of a Baby when I was 3 years old. I was changing diapers and making sure we had food at 3. There was one time I remember most of all. My little Sister; 1 at the time. Was so thirsty and I couldn't reach the sink so she got water out of the toilet. Imagine being so thirsty that you drink out of the toilet. But that was my normal. I knew nothing else. It was hard when I realized that Washington state rules that if you were adopted after 13 then you get your whole college paid. I was in a terrible situation for 9 years and the state making that age bracket after they gave off this “I wanna help all the kids succeed” motto is frustrating. The State says they care about foster kids and want to support them. They're supposed to take care of us but they only wanna protect their money. Did you know that only 32% of foster kids graduate high school? “Approximately 512,000 children were in foster care on the last day of 2006” which is the year I was born. That means out of 512,00 only 163,840 will graduate high school. “Less than 10% of foster youth pursue higher education. Only 3% will graduate with a four-year degree. Less than 0.5 -1% will graduate with a master's or higher” At most 15,360 kids will graduate college and 5,120 kids will get a master's or higher. With those odds against us, why try? I took a health class when I was a freshman. The teacher's name was Ms. Karkau. She showed me it's possible to break that cycle. It took me a while to realize want to pursue a career in psychology and eventually earn my Ph.D. to work with children and help them get their lives on track. I am eager to attend this college because I am passionate about making a difference. My goal is to care for and support the next generation as much as I can, so they can break their cycles and live the lives they desire, not the lives they were born into. Ultimately, I want to care for kids who were in my situation and help them know that people do care about them. I want to be in control. I want to make a difference in the world. I want to be an advocate for children who live lives like mine.

Music has played a pivotal role in shaping who I am, particularly in relation to my mental health. From a young age, I found solace in melodies and lyrics that resonated with my experiences. Whether I was feeling joyful or overwhelmed, music became both a companion and a refuge. During tough times, like when I faced anxiety or sadness, I discovered that certain songs had the power to articulate emotions I struggled to express. Listening to artists who shared their vulnerabilities allowed me to feel less alone. It was as if their stories mirrored my own, helping me process feelings and find a sense of community in shared experiences. Creating music, too, has been a transformative outlet. Playing an instrument or writing songs has provided a way to channel my emotions constructively. When words felt inadequate, music became my language—one that allowed me to express joy, pain, and everything in between. This creative process not only served as a distraction but also as a means of understanding my struggles and navigating through them. Moreover, music has often lifted my spirits and motivated me to push through difficulties. Uplifting tunes have been a soundtrack during workouts or just moments of self-reflection, infusing me with energy and positivity. I’ve learned that curating playlists to match my moods can act as a powerful tool for self-care, helping me to cultivate mindfulness and awareness of my emotional state. Ultimately, music has taught me to embrace my feelings and appreciate the journey of self-discovery. It’s a constant reminder that it’s okay to seek help and express vulnerability. Through the rhythms and harmonies, I have found resilience, a deeper connection to myself, and a better understanding of my mental health journey. As I continue to explore this profound art form, I remain grateful for the way it shapes my identity and nurtures my well-being. I played the trombone for eight memorable years, and it was a truly rewarding experience. During that time, I developed a deep passion for music and found that playing the trombone provided an incredible outlet for expressing my emotions. Whether I was feeling joyful, reflective, or even melancholic, the rich and versatile tones of the trombone allowed me to convey my feelings in a way that words sometimes could not. The thrill of performing with others in a band or orchestra created unforgettable moments that I will always cherish. Through the instrument, I discovered not just my love for music, but also a means of connecting with others on a deeper level.

My name is Anna Camp. I will be the first person to graduate from high school from my family. I didn't have a typical childhood. My birth Mom had me and my twin when she was 19. Our birth Father was not dating my Mom. He was 54 years old. It was a drug transaction. I was in Foster Care for 9 years. My first memory was that my Twin Sister and I would always be alone. My Mom was asleep or gone. We knew that our Neighbor would give us food so we relied on her. When I was 2, I had to go into the system for the first time. My Mom wanted to get away so she gave us to one of her drug buddies. Long story short they found us 2 months later 4 hours away. We went to our Aunt and Uncle's house. My Mom went to rehab; and got pregnant, 9 months later I had a little sister 3 years younger than me. I moved back in with my Mom. I had to take care of a Baby when I was 3 years old. I was changing diapers and making sure we had food at 3. There was one time I remember most of all. My little Sister; 1 at the time. Was so thirsty and I couldn't reach the sink so she got water out of the toilet. Imagine being so thirsty that you drink out of the toilet. But that was my normal. I knew nothing else. It was hard when I realized that Washington state rules that if you were adopted after 13 then you get your whole college paid. I was in a terrible situation for 9 years and the state making that age bracket after they gave off this “I wanna help all the kids succeed” motto is frustrating. The State says they care about foster kids and want to support them. They're supposed to take care of us but they only wanna protect their money. Did you know that only 32% of foster kids graduate high school? “Approximately 512,000 children were in foster care on the last day of 2006” which is the year I was born. That means out of 512,00 only 163,840 will graduate high school. “Less than 10% of foster youth pursue higher education. Only 3% will graduate with a four-year degree. Less than 0.5 -1% will graduate with a master's or higher” At most 15,360 kids will graduate college and 5,120 kids will get a master's or higher. With those odds against us, why try? I took a health class when I was a freshman. The teacher's name was Ms. Karkau. She showed me it's possible to break that cycle. It took me a while to realize want to pursue a career in psychology and eventually earn my Ph.D. to work with children and help them get their lives on track. I am eager to attend this college because I am passionate about making a difference. My goal is to care for and support the next generation as much as I can, so they can break their cycles and live the lives they desire, not the lives they were born into. Ultimately, I want to care for kids who were in my situation and help them know that people do care about them. I want to be in control. I want to make a difference in the world. I want to be an advocate for children who live lives like mine.

My name is Anna Camp. I will be the first person to graduate from high school from my family. I didn't have a typical childhood. My birth Mom had me and my twin when she was 19. Our birth Father was not dating my Mom. He was 54 years old. It was a drug transaction. I was in Foster Care for 9 years. My first memory was that my Twin Sister and I would always be alone. My Mom was asleep or gone. We knew that our Neighbor would give us food so we relied on her. When I was 2, I had to go into the system for the first time. My Mom wanted to get away so she gave us to one of her drug buddies. Long story short they found us 2 months later 4 hours away. We went to our Aunt and Uncle's house. My Mom went to rehab; and got pregnant, 9 months later I had a little sister 3 years younger than me. I moved back in with my Mom. I had to take care of a Baby when I was 3 years old. I was changing diapers and making sure we had food at 3. There was one time I remember most of all. My little Sister; 1 at the time. Was so thirsty and I couldn't reach the sink so she got water out of the toilet. Imagine being so thirsty that you drink out of the toilet. But that was my normal. I knew nothing else. It was hard when I realized that Washington state rules that if you were adopted after 13 then you get your whole college paid. I was in a terrible situation for 9 years and the state making that age bracket after they gave off this “I wanna help all the kids succeed” motto is frustrating. The State says they care about foster kids and want to support them. They're supposed to take care of us but they only wanna protect their money. Did you know that only 32% of foster kids graduate high school? “Approximately 512,000 children were in foster care on the last day of 2006” which is the year I was born. That means out of 512,00 only 163,840 will graduate high school. “Less than 10% of foster youth pursue higher education. Only 3% will graduate with a four-year degree. Less than 0.5 -1% will graduate with a master's or higher” At most 15,360 kids will graduate college and 5,120 kids will get a master's or higher. With those odds against us, why try? As a freshman in high school, I enrolled in a health class that would ultimately shape my future. Ms. Karkau, our inspiring teacher, opened my eyes to the possibility of transforming life’s challenges into opportunities for growth and change. It wasn’t an instant realization, but eventually, I discovered my passion for psychology—a field where I could make a profound impact. My dream is to earn a Ph.D. so I can work closely with children, helping them navigate their struggles and find a path to a brighter future. I am genuinely enthusiastic about attending this college because I am driven by a deep desire to make a meaningful difference in the lives of young people. My ultimate goal is to provide care, support, and guidance to the next generation, empowering them to break free from the cycles that bind them and pursue the lives they envision, rather than those they were born into. I aim to reach out to children who, like me, might feel lost or unsupported, reminding them that there are people who truly care about their well-being. I feel a strong commitment to take charge of my destiny and to become a powerful advocate for children who share my experiences. I want to be a beacon of hope in their lives, helping them believe that change is possible and that they matter. The world needs individuals who are passionate about uplifting others, and I am determined to be one of those individuals.

My name is Anna Camp. I will be the first person to graduate from high school from my family. I didn't have a typical childhood. My birth Mom had me and my twin when she was 19. Our birth Father was not dating my Mom. He was 54 years old. It was a drug transaction. I was in Foster Care for 9 years. My first memory was that my Twin Sister and I would always be alone. My Mom was asleep or gone. We knew that our Neighbor would give us food so we relied on her. When I was 2, I had to go into the system for the first time. My Mom wanted to get away so she gave us to one of her drug buddies. Long story short they found us 2 months later 4 hours away. We went to our Aunt and Uncle's house. My Mom went to rehab; and got pregnant, 9 months later I had a little sister 3 years younger than me. I moved back in with my Mom. I had to take care of a Baby when I was 3 years old. I was changing diapers and making sure we had food at 3. There was one time I remember most of all. My little Sister; 1 at the time. Was so thirsty and I couldn't reach the sink so she got water out of the toilet. Imagine being so thirsty that you drink out of the toilet. But that was my normal. I knew nothing else. It was hard when I realized that Washington state rules that if you were adopted after 13 then you get your whole college paid. I was in a terrible situation for 9 years and the state making that age bracket after they gave off this “I wanna help all the kids succeed” motto is frustrating. The State says they care about foster kids and want to support them. They're supposed to take care of us but they only wanna protect their money. Did you know that only 32% of foster kids graduate high school? “Approximately 512,000 children were in foster care on the last day of 2006” which is the year I was born. That means out of 512,00 only 163,840 will graduate high school. “Less than 10% of foster youth pursue higher education. Only 3% will graduate with a four-year degree. Less than 0.5 -1% will graduate with a master's or higher” At most 15,360 kids will graduate college and 5,120 kids will get a master's or higher. With those odds against us, why try? I took a health class when I was a freshman. The teacher's name was Ms. Karkau. She showed me it's possible to break that cycle. It took me a while to realize want to pursue a career in psychology and eventually earn my Ph.D. to work with children and help them get their lives on track. I am eager to attend this college because I am passionate about making a difference. My goal is to care for and support the next generation as much as I can, so they can break their cycles and live the lives they desire, not the lives they were born into. Ultimately, I want to care for kids who were in my situation and help them know that people do care about them. I want to be in control. I want to make a difference in the world. I want to be an advocate for children who live lives like mine.

My name is Anna Camp. I will be the first person to graduate from high school from my family. I didn't have a typical childhood. My birth Mom had me and my twin when she was 19. Our birth Father was not dating my Mom. He was 54 years old. It was a drug transaction. I was in Foster Care for 9 years. My first memory was that my Twin Sister and I would always be alone. My Mom was asleep or gone. We knew that our Neighbor would give us food so we relied on her. When I was 2, I had to go into the system for the first time. My Mom wanted to get away so she gave us to one of her drug buddies. Long story short they found us 2 months later 4 hours away. We went to our Aunt and Uncle's house. My Mom went to rehab; and got pregnant, 9 months later I had a little sister 3 years younger than me. I moved back in with my Mom. I had to take care of a Baby when I was 3 years old. I was changing diapers and making sure we had food at 3. There was one time I remember most of all. My little Sister; 1 at the time. Was so thirsty and I couldn't reach the sink so she got water out of the toilet. Imagine being so thirsty that you drink out of the toilet. But that was my normal. I knew nothing else. It was hard when I realized that Washington state rules that if you were adopted after 13 then you get your whole college paid. I was in a terrible situation for 9 years and the state making that age bracket after they gave off this “I wanna help all the kids succeed” motto is frustrating. The State says they care about foster kids and want to support them. They're supposed to take care of us but they only wanna protect their money. Did you know that only 32% of foster kids graduate high school? “Approximately 512,000 children were in foster care on the last day of 2006” which is the year I was born. That means out of 512,00 only 163,840 will graduate high school. “Less than 10% of foster youth pursue higher education. Only 3% will graduate with a four-year degree. Less than 0.5 -1% will graduate with a master's or higher” At most 15,360 kids will graduate college and 5,120 kids will get a master's or higher. With those odds against us, why try? I took a health class when I was a freshman. The teacher's name was Ms. Karkau. She showed me it's possible to break that cycle. It took me a while to realize want to pursue a career in psychology and eventually earn my Ph.D. to work with children and help them get their lives on track. I am eager to attend this college because I am passionate about making a difference. My goal is to care for and support the next generation as much as I can, so they can break their cycles and live the lives they desire, not the lives they were born into. Ultimately, I want to care for kids who were in my situation and help them know that people do care about them. I want to be in control. I want to make a difference in the world. I want to be an advocate for children who live lives like mine.

My name is Anna Camp. I will be the first person to graduate from high school from my family. I didn't have a typical childhood. My birth Mom had me and my twin when she was 19. Our birth Father was not dating my Mom. He was 54 years old. It was a drug transaction. I was in Foster Care for 9 years. My first memory was that my Twin Sister and I would always be alone. My Mom was asleep or gone. We knew that our Neighbor would give us food so we relied on her. When I was 2, I had to go into the system for the first time. My Mom wanted to get away so she gave us to one of her drug buddies. Long story short they found us 2 months later 4 hours away. We went to our Aunt and Uncle's house. My Mom went to rehab; and got pregnant, 9 months later I had a little sister 3 years younger than me. I moved back in with my Mom. I had to take care of a Baby when I was 3 years old. I was changing diapers and making sure we had food at 3. There was one time I remember most of all. My little Sister; 1 at the time. Was so thirsty and I couldn't reach the sink so she got water out of the toilet. Imagine being so thirsty that you drink out of the toilet. But that was my normal. I knew nothing else. It was hard when I realized that Washington state rules that if you were adopted after 13 then you get your whole college paid. I was in a terrible situation for 9 years and the state making that age bracket after they gave off this “I wanna help all the kids succeed” motto is frustrating. The State says they care about foster kids and want to support them. They're supposed to take care of us but they only wanna protect their money. Did you know that only 32% of foster kids graduate high school? “Approximately 512,000 children were in foster care on the last day of 2006” which is the year I was born. That means out of 512,00 only 163,840 will graduate high school. “Less than 10% of foster youth pursue higher education. Only 3% will graduate with a four-year degree. Less than 0.5 -1% will graduate with a master's or higher” At most 15,360 kids will graduate college and 5,120 kids will get a master's or higher. With those odds against us, why try? I took a health class when I was a freshman. The teacher's name was Ms. Karkau. She showed me it's possible to break that cycle. It took me a while to realize want to pursue a career in psychology and eventually earn my Ph.D. to work with children and help them get their lives on track. I am eager to attend this college because I am passionate about making a difference. My goal is to care for and support the next generation as much as I can, so they can break their cycles and live the lives they desire, not the lives they were born into. Ultimately, I want to care for kids who were in my situation and help them know that people do care about them. I want to be in control. I want to make a difference in the world. I want to be an advocate for children who live lives like mine.

My name is Anna Camp. I will be the first person to graduate from high school from my family. I didn't have a typical childhood. My birth Mom had me and my twin when she was 19. Our birth Father was not dating my Mom. He was 54 years old. It was a drug transaction. I was in Foster Care for 9 years. My first memory was that my Twin Sister and I would always be alone. My Mom was asleep or gone. We knew that our Neighbor would give us food so we relied on her. When I was 2, I had to go into the system for the first time. My Mom wanted to get away so she gave us to one of her drug buddies. Long story short they found us 2 months later 4 hours away. We went to our Aunt and Uncle's house. My Mom went to rehab; and got pregnant, 9 months later I had a little sister 3 years younger than me. I moved back in with my Mom. I had to take care of a Baby when I was 3 years old. I was changing diapers and making sure we had food at 3. There was one time I remember most of all. My little Sister; 1 at the time. Was so thirsty and I couldn't reach the sink so she got water out of the toilet. Imagine being so thirsty that you drink out of the toilet. But that was my normal. I knew nothing else. It was hard when I realized that Washington state rules that if you were adopted after 13 then you get your whole college paid. I was in a terrible situation for 9 years and the state making that age bracket after they gave off this “I wanna help all the kids succeed” motto is frustrating. The State says they care about foster kids and want to support them. They're supposed to take care of us but they only wanna protect their money. Did you know that only 32% of foster kids graduate high school? “Approximately 512,000 children were in foster care on the last day of 2006” which is the year I was born. That means out of 512,00 only 163,840 will graduate high school. “Less than 10% of foster youth pursue higher education. Only 3% will graduate with a four-year degree. Less than 0.5 -1% will graduate with a master's or higher” At most 15,360 kids will graduate college and 5,120 kids will get a master's or higher. With those odds against us, why try? I took a health class when I was a freshman. The teacher's name was Ms. Karkau. She showed me it's possible to break that cycle. It took me a while to realize want to pursue a career in psychology and eventually earn my Ph.D. to work with children and help them get their lives on track. I am eager to attend this college because I am passionate about making a difference. My goal is to care for and support the next generation as much as I can, so they can break their cycles and live the lives they desire, not the lives they were born into. Ultimately, I want to care for kids who were in my situation and help them know that people do care about them. I want to be in control. I want to make a difference in the world. I want to be an advocate for children who live lives like mine.

My name is Anna Camp. I will be the first person to graduate from high school from my family. I didn't have a typical childhood. My birth Mom had me and my twin when she was 19. Our birth Father was not dating my Mom. He was 54 years old. It was a drug transaction. I was in Foster Care for 9 years. My first memory was that my Twin Sister and I would always be alone. My Mom was asleep or gone. We knew that our Neighbor would give us food so we relied on her. When I was 2, I had to go into the system for the first time. My Mom wanted to get away so she gave us to one of her drug buddies. Long story short they found us 2 months later 4 hours away. We went to our Aunt and Uncle's house. My Mom went to rehab; and got pregnant, 9 months later I had a little sister 3 years younger than me. I moved back in with my Mom. I had to take care of a Baby when I was 3 years old. I was changing diapers and making sure we had food at 3. There was one time I remember most of all. My little Sister; 1 at the time. Was so thirsty and I couldn't reach the sink so she got water out of the toilet. Imagine being so thirsty that you drink out of the toilet. But that was my normal. I knew nothing else. It was hard when I realized that Washington state rules that if you were adopted after 13 then you get your whole college paid. I was in a terrible situation for 9 years and the state making that age bracket after they gave off this “I wanna help all the kids succeed” motto is frustrating. The State says they care about foster kids and want to support them. They're supposed to take care of us but they only wanna protect their money. Did you know that only 32% of foster kids graduate high school? “Approximately 512,000 children were in foster care on the last day of 2006” which is the year I was born. That means out of 512,00 only 163,840 will graduate high school. “Less than 10% of foster youth pursue higher education. Only 3% will graduate with a four-year degree. Less than 0.5 -1% will graduate with a master's or higher” At most 15,360 kids will graduate college and 5,120 kids will get a master's or higher. With those odds against us, why try? I took a health class when I was a freshman. The teacher's name was Ms. Karkau. She showed me it's possible to break that cycle. It took me a while to realize want to pursue a career in psychology and eventually earn my Ph.D. to work with children and help them get their lives on track. I am eager to attend this college because I am passionate about making a difference. My goal is to care for and support the next generation as much as I can, so they can break their cycles and live the lives they desire, not the lives they were born into. Ultimately, I want to care for kids who were in my situation and help them know that people do care about them. I want to be in control. I want to make a difference in the world. I want to be an advocate for children who live lives like mine.

My name is Anna Camp. I will be the first person to graduate from high school from my family. I didn't have a typical childhood. My birth Mom had me and my twin when she was 19. Our birth Father was not dating my Mom. He was 54 years old. It was a drug transaction. I was in Foster Care for 9 years. My first memory was that my Twin Sister and I would always be alone. My Mom was asleep or gone. We knew that our Neighbor would give us food so we relied on her. When I was 2, I had to go into the system for the first time. My Mom wanted to get away so she gave us to one of her drug buddies. Long story short they found us 2 months later 4 hours away. We went to our Aunt and Uncle's house. My Mom went to rehab; and got pregnant, 9 months later I had a little sister 3 years younger than me. I moved back in with my Mom. I had to take care of a Baby when I was 3 years old. I was changing diapers and making sure we had food at 3. There was one time I remember most of all. My little Sister; 1 at the time. Was so thirsty and I couldn't reach the sink so she got water out of the toilet. Imagine being so thirsty that you drink out of the toilet. But that was my normal. I knew nothing else. It was hard when I realized that Washington state rules that if you were adopted after 13 then you get your whole college paid. I was in a terrible situation for 9 years and the state making that age bracket after they gave off this “I wanna help all the kids succeed” motto is frustrating. The State says they care about foster kids and want to support them. They're supposed to take care of us but they only wanna protect their money. Did you know that only 32% of foster kids graduate high school? “Approximately 512,000 children were in foster care on the last day of 2006” which is the year I was born. That means out of 512,00 only 163,840 will graduate high school. “Less than 10% of foster youth pursue higher education. Only 3% will graduate with a four-year degree. Less than 0.5 -1% will graduate with a master's or higher” At most 15,360 kids will graduate college and 5,120 kids will get a master's or higher. With those odds against us, why try? I took a health class when I was a freshman. The teacher's name was Ms. Karkau. She showed me it's possible to break that cycle. It took me a while to realize want to pursue a career in psychology and eventually earn my Ph.D. to work with children and help them get their lives on track. I am eager to attend this college because I am passionate about making a difference. My goal is to care for and support the next generation as much as I can, so they can break their cycles and live the lives they desire, not the lives they were born into. Ultimately, I want to care for kids who were in my situation and help them know that people do care about them. I want to be in control. I want to make a difference in the world. I want to be an advocate for children who live lives like mine.

My name is Anna Camp. I will be the first person to graduate from high school from my family. My birth Mom had me and my twin when she was 19. Our birth Father was not dating my Mom. He was 54 years old. It was a drug transaction. I was in Foster Care for 9 years. My first memory was that my Twin and I would be alone. My Mom was asleep or gone. Our Neighbor would give us food. I had to take care of a Baby when I was 3 years old. I was changing diapers and making sure we had food at 3. Washington state rules that if you were adopted after 13 then you get your whole college paid. I was in a terrible situation for 9 years and the state making that bracket after they gave off “I wanna help all the kids succeed” motto is frustrating. The State says they care about foster kids and want to support them. Did you know that only 32% of foster kids graduate high school? “Approximately 512,000 children were in foster care on the last day of 2006” which is the year I was born. That means out of 512,00 only 163,840 will graduate high school. “Less than 10% of foster youth pursue higher education. Only 3% will graduate with a four-year degree. Less than 0.5 -1% will graduate with a master's or higher” At most 15,360 kids will graduate college and 5,120 kids will get a master's or higher. With those odds against us, why try? It took me a while to realize want to pursue a career in psychology and eventually earn my Ph.D. to work with children and help them get their lives on track. I am eager to attend this college because I am passionate about making a difference. My goal is to care for and support the next generation as much as I can, so they can break their cycles and live the lives they desire, not the lives they were born into. Ultimately, I want to care for kids who were in my situation and help them know that people do care about them. I want to be in control. I want to make a difference in the world. I want to be an advocate for children who live lives like mine.

My name is Anna Camp. I will be the first person to graduate from high school from my family. I didn't have a typical childhood. My birth Mom had me and my twin when she was 19. Our birth Father was not dating my Mom. He was 54 years old. It was a drug transaction. I was in Foster Care for 9 years. My first memory was that my Twin Sister and I would always be alone. My Mom was asleep or gone. We knew that our Neighbor would give us food so we relied on her. When I was 2, I had to go into the system for the first time. My Mom wanted to get away so she gave us to one of her drug buddies. Long story short they found us 2 months later 4 hours away. We went to our Aunt and Uncle's house. My Mom went to rehab; and got pregnant, 9 months later I had a little sister 3 years younger than me. I moved back in with my Mom. I had to take care of a Baby when I was 3 years old. I was changing diapers and making sure we had food at 3. There was one time I remember most of all. My little Sister; 1 at the time. Was so thirsty and I couldn't reach the sink so she got water out of the toilet. Imagine being so thirsty that you drink out of the toilet. But that was my normal. I knew nothing else. It was hard when I realized that Washington state rules that if you were adopted after 13 then you get your whole college paid. I was in a terrible situation for 9 years and the state making that age bracket after they gave off this “I wanna help all the kids succeed” motto is frustrating. The State says they care about foster kids and want to support them. They're supposed to take care of us but they only wanna protect their money. Did you know that only 32% of foster kids graduate high school? “Approximately 512,000 children were in foster care on the last day of 2006” which is the year I was born. That means out of 512,00 only 163,840 will graduate high school. “Less than 10% of foster youth pursue higher education. Only 3% will graduate with a four-year degree. Less than 0.5 -1% will graduate with a master's or higher” At most 15,360 kids will graduate college and 5,120 kids will get a master's or higher. With those odds against us, why try? I took a health class when I was a freshman. The teacher's name was Ms. Karkau. She showed me it's possible to break that cycle. It took me a while to realize want to pursue a career in psychology and eventually earn my Ph.D. to work with children and help them get their lives on track. I am eager to attend this college because I am passionate about making a difference. My goal is to care for and support the next generation as much as I can, so they can break their cycles and live the lives they desire, not the lives they were born into. Ultimately, I want to care for kids who were in my situation and help them know that people do care about them. I want to be in control. I want to make a difference in the world. I want to be an advocate for children who live lives like mine.

My name is Anna Camp. I will be the first person to graduate from high school from my family. I didn't have a typical childhood. My birth Mom had me and my twin when she was 19. Our birth Father was not dating my Mom. He was 54 years old. It was a drug transaction. I was in Foster Care for 9 years. My first memory was that my Twin Sister and I would always be alone. My Mom was asleep or gone. We knew that our Neighbor would give us food so we relied on her. When I was 2, I had to go into the system for the first time. My Mom wanted to get away so she gave us to one of her drug buddies. Long story short they found us 2 months later 4 hours away. We went to our Aunt and Uncle's house. My Mom went to rehab; and got pregnant, 9 months later I had a little sister 3 years younger than me. I moved back in with my Mom. I had to take care of a Baby when I was 3 years old. I was changing diapers and making sure we had food at 3. There was one time I remember most of all. My little Sister; 1 at the time. Was so thirsty and I couldn't reach the sink so she got water out of the toilet. Imagine being so thirsty that you drink out of the toilet. But that was my normal. I knew nothing else. It was hard when I realized that Washington state rules that if you were adopted after 13 then you get your whole college paid. I was in a terrible situation for 9 years and the state making that age bracket after they gave off this “I wanna help all the kids succeed” motto is frustrating. The State says they care about foster kids and want to support them. They're supposed to take care of us but they only wanna protect their money. Did you know that only 32% of foster kids graduate high school? “Approximately 512,000 children were in foster care on the last day of 2006” which is the year I was born. That means out of 512,00 only 163,840 will graduate high school. “Less than 10% of foster youth pursue higher education. Only 3% will graduate with a four-year degree. Less than 0.5 -1% will graduate with a master's or higher” At most 15,360 kids will graduate college and 5,120 kids will get a master's or higher. With those odds against us, why try? I took a health class when I was a freshman. The teacher's name was Ms. Karkau. She showed me it's possible to break that cycle. It took me a while to realize want to pursue a career in psychology and eventually earn my Ph.D. to work with children and help them get their lives on track. I am eager to attend this college because I am passionate about making a difference. My goal is to care for and support the next generation as much as I can, so they can break their cycles and live the lives they desire, not the lives they were born into. Ultimately, I want to care for kids who were in my situation and help them know that people do care about them. I want to be in control. I want to make a difference in the world. I want to be an advocate for children who live lives like mine.

My name is Anna Camp. I will be the first person to graduate from high school from my family. I didn't have a typical childhood. My birth Mom had me and my twin when she was 19. Our birth Father was not dating my Mom. He was 54 years old. It was a drug transaction. I was in Foster Care for 9 years. My first memory was that my Twin Sister and I would always be alone. My Mom was asleep or gone. We knew that our Neighbor would give us food so we relied on her. When I was 2, I had to go into the system for the first time. My Mom wanted to get away so she gave us to one of her drug buddies. Long story short they found us 2 months later 4 hours away. We went to our Aunt and Uncle's house. My Mom went to rehab; and got pregnant, 9 months later I had a little sister 3 years younger than me. I moved back in with my Mom. I had to take care of a Baby when I was 3 years old. I was changing diapers and making sure we had food at 3. There was one time I remember most of all. My little Sister; 1 at the time. Was so thirsty and I couldn't reach the sink so she got water out of the toilet. Imagine being so thirsty that you drink out of the toilet. But that was my normal. I knew nothing else. It was hard when I realized that Washington state rules that if you were adopted after 13 then you get your whole college paid. I was in a terrible situation for 9 years and the state making that age bracket after they gave off this “I wanna help all the kids succeed” motto is frustrating. The State says they care about foster kids and want to support them. They're supposed to take care of us but they only wanna protect their money. Did you know that only 32% of foster kids graduate high school? “Approximately 512,000 children were in foster care on the last day of 2006” which is the year I was born. That means out of 512,00 only 163,840 will graduate high school. “Less than 10% of foster youth pursue higher education. Only 3% will graduate with a four-year degree. Less than 0.5 -1% will graduate with a master's or higher” At most 15,360 kids will graduate college and 5,120 kids will get a master's or higher. With those odds against us, why try? I took a health class when I was a freshman. The teacher's name was Ms. Karkau. She showed me it's possible to break that cycle. It took me a while to realize want to pursue a career in psychology and eventually earn my Ph.D. to work with children and help them get their lives on track. I am eager to attend this college because I am passionate about making a difference. My goal is to care for and support the next generation as much as I can, so they can break their cycles and live the lives they desire, not the lives they were born into. Ultimately, I want to care for kids who were in my situation and help them know that people do care about them. I want to be in control. I want to make a difference in the world. I want to be an advocate for children who live lives like mine.

My name is Anna Camp. I will be the first person to graduate from high school from my family. I didn't have a typical childhood. My birth Mom had me and my twin when she was 19. Our birth Father was not dating my Mom. He was 54 years old. It was a drug transaction. I was in Foster Care for 9 years. My first memory was that my Twin Sister and I would always be alone. My Mom was asleep or gone. We knew that our Neighbor would give us food so we relied on her. When I was 2, I had to go into the system for the first time. My Mom wanted to get away so she gave us to one of her drug buddies. Long story short they found us 2 months later 4 hours away. We went to our Aunt and Uncle's house. My Mom went to rehab; and got pregnant, 9 months later I had a little sister 3 years younger than me. I moved back in with my Mom. I had to take care of a Baby when I was 3 years old. I was changing diapers and making sure we had food at 3. There was one time I remember most of all. My little Sister; 1 at the time. Was so thirsty and I couldn't reach the sink so she got water out of the toilet. Imagine being so thirsty that you drink out of the toilet. But that was my normal. I knew nothing else. It was hard when I realized that Washington state rules that if you were adopted after 13 then you get your whole college paid. I was in a terrible situation for 9 years and the state making that age bracket after they gave off this “I wanna help all the kids succeed” motto is frustrating. The State says they care about foster kids and want to support them. They're supposed to take care of us but they only wanna protect their money. Did you know that only 32% of foster kids graduate high school? “Approximately 512,000 children were in foster care on the last day of 2006” which is the year I was born. That means out of 512,00 only 163,840 will graduate high school. “Less than 10% of foster youth pursue higher education. Only 3% will graduate with a four-year degree. Less than 0.5 -1% will graduate with a master's or higher” At most 15,360 kids will graduate college and 5,120 kids will get a master's or higher. With those odds against us, why try? I took a health class when I was a freshman. The teacher's name was Ms. Karkau. She showed me it's possible to break that cycle. It took me a while to realize want to pursue a career in psychology and eventually earn my Ph.D. to work with children and help them get their lives on track. I am eager to attend this college because I am passionate about making a difference. My goal is to care for and support the next generation as much as I can, so they can break their cycles and live the lives they desire, not the lives they were born into. Ultimately, I want to care for kids who were in my situation and help them know that people do care about them. I want to be in control. I want to make a difference in the world. I want to be an advocate for children who live lives like mine.

My name is Anna Camp. I will be the first person to graduate from high school from my family. I didn't have a typical childhood. My birth Mom had me and my twin when she was 19. Our birth Father was not dating my Mom. He was 54 years old. It was a drug transaction. I was in Foster Care for 9 years. My first memory was that my Twin Sister and I would always be alone. My Mom was asleep or gone. We knew that our Neighbor would give us food so we relied on her. When I was 2, I had to go into the system for the first time. My Mom wanted to get away so she gave us to one of her drug buddies. Long story short they found us 2 months later 4 hours away. We went to our Aunt and Uncle's house. My Mom went to rehab; and got pregnant, 9 months later I had a little sister 3 years younger than me. I moved back in with my Mom. I had to take care of a Baby when I was 3 years old. I was changing diapers and making sure we had food at 3. There was one time I remember most of all. My little Sister; 1 at the time. Was so thirsty and I couldn't reach the sink so she got water out of the toilet. Imagine being so thirsty that you drink out of the toilet. But that was my normal. I knew nothing else. It was hard when I realized that Washington state rules that if you were adopted after 13 then you get your whole college paid. I was in a terrible situation for 9 years and the state making that age bracket after they gave off this “I wanna help all the kids succeed” motto is frustrating. The State says they care about foster kids and want to support them. They're supposed to take care of us but they only wanna protect their money. Did you know that only 32% of foster kids graduate high school? “Approximately 512,000 children were in foster care on the last day of 2006” which is the year I was born. That means out of 512,00 only 163,840 will graduate high school. “Less than 10% of foster youth pursue higher education. Only 3% will graduate with a four-year degree. Less than 0.5 -1% will graduate with a master's or higher” At most 15,360 kids will graduate college and 5,120 kids will get a master's or higher. With those odds against us, why try? I took a health class when I was a freshman. The teacher's name was Ms. Karkau. She showed me it's possible to break that cycle. It took me a while to realize want to pursue a career in psychology and eventually earn my Ph.D. to work with children and help them get their lives on track. I am eager to attend this college because I am passionate about making a difference. My goal is to care for and support the next generation as much as I can, so they can break their cycles and live the lives they desire, not the lives they were born into. Ultimately, I want to care for kids who were in my situation and help them know that people do care about them. I want to be in control. I want to make a difference in the world. I want to be an advocate for children who live lives like mine.

My name is Anna Camp. I will be the first person to graduate from high school from my family. I didn't have a typical childhood. My birth Mom had me and my twin when she was 19. Our birth Father was not dating my Mom. He was 54 years old. It was a drug transaction. I was in Foster Care for 9 years. My first memory was that my Twin Sister and I would always be alone. My Mom was asleep or gone. We knew that our Neighbor would give us food so we relied on her. When I was 2, I had to go into the system for the first time. My Mom wanted to get away so she gave us to one of her drug buddies. Long story short they found us 2 months later 4 hours away. We went to our Aunt and Uncle's house. My Mom went to rehab; and got pregnant, 9 months later I had a little sister 3 years younger than me. I moved back in with my Mom. I had to take care of a Baby when I was 3 years old. I was changing diapers and making sure we had food at 3. There was one time I remember most of all. My little Sister; 1 at the time. Was so thirsty and I couldn't reach the sink so she got water out of the toilet. Imagine being so thirsty that you drink out of the toilet. But that was my normal. I knew nothing else. It was hard when I realized that Washington state rules that if you were adopted after 13 then you get your whole college paid. I was in a terrible situation for 9 years and the state making that age bracket after they gave off this “I wanna help all the kids succeed” motto is frustrating. The State says they care about foster kids and want to support them. They're supposed to take care of us but they only wanna protect their money. Did you know that only 32% of foster kids graduate high school? “Approximately 512,000 children were in foster care on the last day of 2006” which is the year I was born. That means out of 512,00 only 163,840 will graduate high school. “Less than 10% of foster youth pursue higher education. Only 3% will graduate with a four-year degree. Less than 0.5 -1% will graduate with a master's or higher” At most 15,360 kids will graduate college and 5,120 kids will get a master's or higher. With those odds against us, why try? I took a health class when I was a freshman. The teacher's name was Ms. Karkau. She showed me it's possible to break that cycle. It took me a while to realize want to pursue a career in psychology and eventually earn my Ph.D. to work with children and help them get their lives on track. I am eager to attend this college because I am passionate about making a difference. My goal is to care for and support the next generation as much as I can, so they can break their cycles and live the lives they desire, not the lives they were born into. Ultimately, I want to care for kids who were in my situation and help them know that people do care about them. I want to be in control. I want to make a difference in the world. I want to be an advocate for children who live lives like mine.

My name is Anna Camp. I will be the first person to graduate from high school from my family. I didn't have a typical childhood. My birth Mom had me and my twin when she was 19. Our birth Father was not dating my Mom. He was 54 years old. It was a drug transaction. I was in Foster Care for 9 years. My first memory was that my Twin Sister and I would always be alone. My Mom was asleep or gone. We knew that our Neighbor would give us food so we relied on her. When I was 2, I had to go into the system for the first time. My Mom wanted to get away so she gave us to one of her drug buddies. Long story short they found us 2 months later 4 hours away. We went to our Aunt and Uncle's house. My Mom went to rehab; and got pregnant, 9 months later I had a little sister 3 years younger than me. I moved back in with my Mom. I had to take care of a Baby when I was 3 years old. I was changing diapers and making sure we had food at 3. There was one time I remember most of all. My little Sister; 1 at the time. Was so thirsty and I couldn't reach the sink so she got water out of the toilet. Imagine being so thirsty that you drink out of the toilet. But that was my normal. I knew nothing else. It was hard when I realized that Washington state rules that if you were adopted after 13 then you get your whole college paid. I was in a terrible situation for 9 years and the state making that age bracket after they gave off this “I wanna help all the kids succeed” motto is frustrating. The State says they care about foster kids and want to support them. They're supposed to take care of us but they only wanna protect their money. Did you know that only 32% of foster kids graduate high school? “Approximately 512,000 children were in foster care on the last day of 2006” which is the year I was born. That means out of 512,00 only 163,840 will graduate high school. “Less than 10% of foster youth pursue higher education. Only 3% will graduate with a four-year degree. Less than 0.5 -1% will graduate with a master's or higher” At most 15,360 kids will graduate college and 5,120 kids will get a master's or higher. With those odds against us, why try? I took a health class when I was a freshman. The teacher's name was Ms. Karkau. She showed me it's possible to break that cycle. It took me a while to realize want to pursue a career in psychology and eventually earn my Ph.D. to work with children and help them get their lives on track. I am eager to attend this college because I am passionate about making a difference. My goal is to care for and support the next generation as much as I can, so they can break their cycles and live the lives they desire, not the lives they were born into. Ultimately, I want to care for kids who were in my situation and help them know that people do care about them. I want to be in control. I want to make a difference in the world. I want to be an advocate for children who live lives like mine.

My name is Anna Camp. I will be the first person to graduate from high school from my family. I didn't have a typical childhood. My birth Mom had me and my twin when she was 19. Our birth Father was not dating my Mom. He was 54 years old. It was a drug transaction. I was in Foster Care for 9 years. My first memory was that my Twin Sister and I would always be alone. My Mom was asleep or gone. We knew that our Neighbor would give us food so we relied on her. When I was 2, I had to go into the system for the first time. My Mom wanted to get away so she gave us to one of her drug buddies. Long story short they found us 2 months later 4 hours away. We went to our Aunt and Uncle's house. My Mom went to rehab; and got pregnant, 9 months later I had a little sister 3 years younger than me. I moved back in with my Mom. I had to take care of a Baby when I was 3 years old. I was changing diapers and making sure we had food at 3. There was one time I remember most of all. My little Sister; 1 at the time. Was so thirsty and I couldn't reach the sink so she got water out of the toilet. Imagine being so thirsty that you drink out of the toilet. But that was my normal. I knew nothing else. It was hard when I realized that Washington state rules that if you were adopted after 13 then you get your whole college paid. I was in a terrible situation for 9 years and the state making that age bracket after they gave off this “I wanna help all the kids succeed” motto is frustrating. The State says they care about foster kids and want to support them. They're supposed to take care of us but they only wanna protect their money. Did you know that only 32% of foster kids graduate high school? “Approximately 512,000 children were in foster care on the last day of 2006” which is the year I was born. That means out of 512,00 only 163,840 will graduate high school. “Less than 10% of foster youth pursue higher education. Only 3% will graduate with a four-year degree. Less than 0.5 -1% will graduate with a master's or higher” At most 15,360 kids will graduate college and 5,120 kids will get a master's or higher. With those odds against us, why try? I took a health class when I was a freshman. The teacher's name was Ms. Karkau. She showed me it's possible to break that cycle. It took me a while to realize want to pursue a career in psychology and eventually earn my Ph.D. to work with children and help them get their lives on track. I am eager to attend this college because I am passionate about making a difference. My goal is to care for and support the next generation as much as I can, so they can break their cycles and live the lives they desire, not the lives they were born into. Ultimately, I want to care for kids who were in my situation and help them know that people do care about them. I want to be in control. I want to make a difference in the world. I want to be an advocate for children who live lives like mine.

My name is Anna Camp. I will be the first person to graduate from high school from my family. I didn't have a typical childhood. My birth Mom had me and my twin when she was 19. Our birth Father was not dating my Mom. He was 54 years old. It was a drug transaction. I was in Foster Care for 9 years. We went to our Aunt and Uncle's house. My Mom went to rehab; and got pregnant, 9 months later I had a little sister 3 years younger than me. I moved back in with my Mom. I had to take care of a Baby when I was 3 years old. I was changing diapers and making sure we had food at 3. There was one time I remember most of all. My little Sister; 1 at the time. Was so thirsty and I couldn't reach the sink so she got water out of the toilet. Imagine being so thirsty that you drink out of the toilet. But that was my normal. I knew nothing else. It was hard when I realized that Washington state rules that if you were adopted after 13 then you get your whole college paid. I was in a terrible situation for 9 years and the state making that age bracket after they gave off this “I wanna help all the kids succeed” motto is frustrating. The State says they care about foster kids and want to support them. They're supposed to take care of us but they only wanna protect their money. Did you know that only 32% of foster kids graduate high school? “Approximately 512,000 children were in foster care on the last day of 2006” which is the year I was born. That means out of 512,00 only 163,840 will graduate high school. “Less than 10% of foster youth pursue higher education. Only 3% will graduate with a four-year degree. Less than 0.5 -1% will graduate with a master's or higher” At most 15,360 kids will graduate college and 5,120 kids will get a master's or higher. With those odds against us, why try? I am eager to attend this college because I am passionate about making a difference. My goal is to care for and support the next generation as much as I can, so they can break their cycles and live the lives they desire, not the lives they were born into. Ultimately, I want to care for kids who were in my situation and help them know that people do care about them. I want to be in control. I want to make a difference in the world. I want to be an advocate for children who live lives like mine.

My name is Anna Camp. I will be the first person to graduate from high school from my family. I didn't have a typical childhood. My birth Mom had me and my twin when she was 19. Our birth Father was not dating my Mom. He was 54 years old. It was a drug transaction. I was in Foster Care for 9 years. My first memory was that my Twin Sister and I would always be alone. My Mom was asleep or gone. We knew that our Neighbor would give us food so we relied on her. When I was 2, I had to go into the system for the first time. My Mom wanted to get away so she gave us to one of her drug buddies. Long story short they found us 2 months later 4 hours away. We went to our Aunt and Uncle's house. My Mom went to rehab; and got pregnant, 9 months later I had a little sister 3 years younger than me. I moved back in with my Mom. I had to take care of a Baby when I was 3 years old. I was changing diapers and making sure we had food at 3. There was one time I remember most of all. My little Sister; 1 at the time. Was so thirsty and I couldn't reach the sink so she got water out of the toilet. Imagine being so thirsty that you drink out of the toilet. But that was my normal. I knew nothing else. It was hard when I realized that Washington state rules that if you were adopted after 13 then you get your whole college paid. I was in a terrible situation for 9 years and the state making that age bracket after they gave off this “I wanna help all the kids succeed” motto is frustrating. The State says they care about foster kids and want to support them. They're supposed to take care of us but they only wanna protect their money. Did you know that only 32% of foster kids graduate high school? “Approximately 512,000 children were in foster care on the last day of 2006” which is the year I was born. That means out of 512,00 only 163,840 will graduate high school. “Less than 10% of foster youth pursue higher education. Only 3% will graduate with a four-year degree. Less than 0.5 -1% will graduate with a master's or higher” At most 15,360 kids will graduate college and 5,120 kids will get a master's or higher. With those odds against us, why try? I took a health class when I was a freshman. The teacher's name was Ms. Karkau. She showed me it's possible to break that cycle. It took me a while to realize want to pursue a career in psychology and eventually earn my Ph.D. to work with children and help them get their lives on track. I am eager to attend this college because I am passionate about making a difference. My goal is to care for and support the next generation as much as I can, so they can break their cycles and live the lives they desire, not the lives they were born into. Ultimately, I want to care for kids who were in my situation and help them know that people do care about them. I want to be in control. I want to make a difference in the world. I want to be an advocate for children who live lives like mine.

My name is Anna Camp. I will be the first person to graduate from high school from my family. I didn't have a typical childhood. My birth Mom had me and my twin when she was 19. Our birth Father was not dating my Mom. He was 54 years old. It was a drug transaction. I was in Foster Care for 9 years. My first memory was that my Twin Sister and I would always be alone. My Mom was asleep or gone. We knew that our Neighbor would give us food so we relied on her. When I was 2, I had to go into the system for the first time. My Mom wanted to get away so she gave us to one of her drug buddies. Long story short they found us 2 months later 4 hours away. We went to our Aunt and Uncle's house. My Mom went to rehab; and got pregnant, 9 months later I had a little sister 3 years younger than me. I moved back in with my Mom. I had to take care of a Baby when I was 3 years old. I was changing diapers and making sure we had food at 3. There was one time I remember most of all. My little Sister; 1 at the time. Was so thirsty and I couldn't reach the sink so she got water out of the toilet. Imagine being so thirsty that you drink out of the toilet. But that was my normal. I knew nothing else. It was hard when I realized that Washington state rules that if you were adopted after 13 then you get your whole college paid. I was in a terrible situation for 9 years and the state making that age bracket after they gave off this “I wanna help all the kids succeed” motto is frustrating. The State says they care about foster kids and want to support them. They're supposed to take care of us but they only wanna protect their money. Did you know that only 32% of foster kids graduate high school? “Approximately 512,000 children were in foster care on the last day of 2006” which is the year I was born. That means out of 512,00 only 163,840 will graduate high school. “Less than 10% of foster youth pursue higher education. Only 3% will graduate with a four-year degree. Less than 0.5 -1% will graduate with a master's or higher” At most 15,360 kids will graduate college and 5,120 kids will get a master's or higher. With those odds against us, why try? I took a health class when I was a freshman. The teacher's name was Ms. Karkau. She showed me it's possible to break that cycle. It took me a while to realize want to pursue a career in psychology and eventually earn my Ph.D. to work with children and help them get their lives on track. I am eager to attend this college because I am passionate about making a difference. My goal is to care for and support the next generation as much as I can, so they can break their cycles and live the lives they desire, not the lives they were born into. Ultimately, I want to care for kids who were in my situation and help them know that people do care about them. I want to be in control. I want to make a difference in the world. I want to be an advocate for children who live lives like mine.

My name is Anna Camp. I will be the first person to graduate from high school from my family. I didn't have a typical childhood. My birth Mom had me and my twin when she was 19. Our birth Father was not dating my Mom. He was 54 years old. It was a drug transaction. I was in Foster Care for 9 years. My first memory was that my Twin Sister and I would always be alone. My Mom was asleep or gone. We knew that our Neighbor would give us food so we relied on her. When I was 2, I had to go into the system for the first time. My Mom wanted to get away so she gave us to one of her drug buddies. Long story short they found us 2 months later 4 hours away. We went to our Aunt and Uncle's house. My Mom went to rehab; and got pregnant, 9 months later I had a little sister 3 years younger than me. I moved back in with my Mom. I had to take care of a Baby when I was 3 years old. I was changing diapers and making sure we had food at 3. There was one time I remember most of all. My little Sister; 1 at the time. Was so thirsty and I couldn't reach the sink so she got water out of the toilet. Imagine being so thirsty that you drink out of the toilet. But that was my normal. I knew nothing else. It was hard when I realized that Washington state rules that if you were adopted after 13 then you get your whole college paid. I was in a terrible situation for 9 years and the state making that age bracket after they gave off this “I wanna help all the kids succeed” motto is frustrating. The State says they care about foster kids and want to support them. They're supposed to take care of us but they only wanna protect their money. Did you know that only 32% of foster kids graduate high school? “Approximately 512,000 children were in foster care on the last day of 2006” which is the year I was born. That means out of 512,00 only 163,840 will graduate high school. “Less than 10% of foster youth pursue higher education. Only 3% will graduate with a four-year degree. Less than 0.5 -1% will graduate with a master's or higher” At most 15,360 kids will graduate college and 5,120 kids will get a master's or higher. With those odds against us, why try? I took a health class when I was a freshman. The teacher's name was Ms. Karkau. She showed me it's possible to break that cycle. It took me a while to realize want to pursue a career in psychology and eventually earn my Ph.D. to work with children and help them get their lives on track. I am eager to attend this college because I am passionate about making a difference. My goal is to care for and support the next generation as much as I can, so they can break their cycles and live the lives they desire, not the lives they were born into. Ultimately, I want to care for kids who were in my situation and help them know that people do care about them. I want to be in control. I want to make a difference in the world. I want to be an advocate for children who live lives like mine.

My name is Anna Camp. I will be the first person to graduate from high school from my family. I didn't have a typical childhood. My birth Mom had me and my twin when she was 19. Our birth Father was not dating my Mom. He was 54 years old. It was a drug transaction. I was in Foster Care for 9 years. My first memory was that my Twin Sister and I would always be alone. My Mom was asleep or gone. We knew that our Neighbor would give us food so we relied on her. When I was 2, I had to go into the system for the first time. My Mom wanted to get away so she gave us to one of her drug buddies. Long story short they found us 2 months later 4 hours away. We went to our Aunt and Uncle's house. My Mom went to rehab; and got pregnant, 9 months later I had a little sister 3 years younger than me. I moved back in with my Mom. I had to take care of a Baby when I was 3 years old. I was changing diapers and making sure we had food at 3. There was one time I remember most of all. My little Sister; 1 at the time. Was so thirsty and I couldn't reach the sink so she got water out of the toilet. Imagine being so thirsty that you drink out of the toilet. But that was my normal. I knew nothing else. It was hard when I realized that Washington state rules that if you were adopted after 13 then you get your whole college paid. I was in a terrible situation for 9 years and the state making that age bracket after they gave off this “I wanna help all the kids succeed” motto is frustrating. The State says they care about foster kids and want to support them. They're supposed to take care of us but they only wanna protect their money. Did you know that only 32% of foster kids graduate high school? “Approximately 512,000 children were in foster care on the last day of 2006” which is the year I was born. That means out of 512,00 only 163,840 will graduate high school. “Less than 10% of foster youth pursue higher education. Only 3% will graduate with a four-year degree. Less than 0.5 -1% will graduate with a master's or higher” At most 15,360 kids will graduate college and 5,120 kids will get a master's or higher. With those odds against us, why try? I took a health class when I was a freshman. The teacher's name was Ms. Karkau. She showed me it's possible to break that cycle. It took me a while to realize want to pursue a career in psychology and eventually earn my Ph.D. to work with children and help them get their lives on track. I am eager to attend this college because I am passionate about making a difference. My goal is to care for and support the next generation as much as I can, so they can break their cycles and live the lives they desire, not the lives they were born into. Ultimately, I want to care for kids who were in my situation and help them know that people do care about them. I want to be in control. I want to make a difference in the world. I want to be an advocate for children who live lives like mine.

My name is Anna Camp. I will be the first person to graduate from high school from my family. I didn't have a typical childhood. My birth Mom had me and my twin when she was 19. Our birth Father was not dating my Mom. He was 54 years old. It was a drug transaction. I was in Foster Care for 9 years. My first memory was that my Twin Sister and I would always be alone. My Mom was asleep or gone. We knew that our Neighbor would give us food so we relied on her. When I was 2, I had to go into the system for the first time. My Mom wanted to get away so she gave us to one of her drug buddies. Long story short they found us 2 months later 4 hours away. We went to our Aunt and Uncle's house. My Mom went to rehab; and got pregnant, 9 months later I had a little sister 3 years younger than me. I moved back in with my Mom. I had to take care of a Baby when I was 3 years old. I was changing diapers and making sure we had food at 3. There was one time I remember most of all. My little Sister; 1 at the time. Was so thirsty and I couldn't reach the sink so she got water out of the toilet. Imagine being so thirsty that you drink out of the toilet. But that was my normal. I knew nothing else. It was hard when I realized that Washington state rules that if you were adopted after 13 then you get your whole college paid. I was in a terrible situation for 9 years and the state making that age bracket after they gave off this “I wanna help all the kids succeed” motto is frustrating. The State says they care about foster kids and want to support them. They're supposed to take care of us but they only wanna protect their money. Did you know that only 32% of foster kids graduate high school? “Approximately 512,000 children were in foster care on the last day of 2006” which is the year I was born. That means out of 512,00 only 163,840 will graduate high school. “Less than 10% of foster youth pursue higher education. Only 3% will graduate with a four-year degree. Less than 0.5 -1% will graduate with a master's or higher” At most 15,360 kids will graduate college and 5,120 kids will get a master's or higher. With those odds against us, why try? I took a health class when I was a freshman. The teacher's name was Ms. Karkau. She showed me it's possible to break that cycle. It took me a while to realize want to pursue a career in psychology and eventually earn my Ph.D. to work with children and help them get their lives on track. I am eager to attend this college because I am passionate about making a difference. My goal is to care for and support the next generation as much as I can, so they can break their cycles and live the lives they desire, not the lives they were born into. Ultimately, I want to care for kids who were in my situation and help them know that people do care about them. I want to be in control. I want to make a difference in the world. I want to be an advocate for children who live lives like mine.

My name is Anna Camp. I will be the first person to graduate from high school from my family. I didn't have a typical childhood. My birth Mom had me and my twin when she was 19. Our birth Father was not dating my Mom. He was 54 years old. It was a drug transaction. I was in Foster Care for 9 years. My first memory was that my Twin Sister and I would always be alone. My Mom was asleep or gone. We knew that our Neighbor would give us food so we relied on her. When I was 2, I had to go into the system for the first time. My Mom wanted to get away so she gave us to one of her drug buddies. Long story short they found us 2 months later 4 hours away. We went to our Aunt and Uncle's house. My Mom went to rehab; and got pregnant, 9 months later I had a little sister 3 years younger than me. I moved back in with my Mom. I had to take care of a Baby when I was 3 years old. I was changing diapers and making sure we had food at 3. There was one time I remember most of all. My little Sister; 1 at the time. Was so thirsty and I couldn't reach the sink so she got water out of the toilet. Imagine being so thirsty that you drink out of the toilet. But that was my normal. I knew nothing else. It was hard when I realized that Washington state rules that if you were adopted after 13 then you get your whole college paid. I was in a terrible situation for 9 years and the state making that age bracket after they gave off this “I wanna help all the kids succeed” motto is frustrating. The State says they care about foster kids and want to support them. They're supposed to take care of us but they only wanna protect their money. Did you know that only 32% of foster kids graduate high school? “Approximately 512,000 children were in foster care on the last day of 2006” which is the year I was born. That means out of 512,00 only 163,840 will graduate high school. “Less than 10% of foster youth pursue higher education. Only 3% will graduate with a four-year degree. Less than 0.5 -1% will graduate with a master's or higher” At most 15,360 kids will graduate college and 5,120 kids will get a master's or higher. With those odds against us, why try? I took a health class when I was a freshman. The teacher's name was Ms. Karkau. She showed me it's possible to break that cycle. It took me a while to realize want to pursue a career in psychology and eventually earn my Ph.D. to work with children and help them get their lives on track. I am eager to attend this college because I am passionate about making a difference. My goal is to care for and support the next generation as much as I can, so they can break their cycles and live the lives they desire, not the lives they were born into. Ultimately, I want to care for kids who were in my situation and help them know that people do care about them. I want to be in control. I want to make a difference in the world. I want to be an advocate for children who live lives like mine.

My name is Anna Camp. I will be the first person to graduate from high school from my family. I didn't have a typical childhood. My birth Mom had me and my twin when she was 19. Our birth Father was not dating my Mom. He was 54 years old. It was a drug transaction. I was in Foster Care for 9 years. My first memory was that my Twin Sister and I would always be alone. My Mom was asleep or gone. We knew that our Neighbor would give us food so we relied on her. When I was 2, I had to go into the system for the first time. My Mom wanted to get away so she gave us to one of her drug buddies. Long story short they found us 2 months later 4 hours away. We went to our Aunt and Uncle's house. My Mom went to rehab; and got pregnant, 9 months later I had a little sister 3 years younger than me. I moved back in with my Mom. I had to take care of a Baby when I was 3 years old. I was changing diapers and making sure we had food at 3. There was one time I remember most of all. My little Sister; 1 at the time. Was so thirsty and I couldn't reach the sink so she got water out of the toilet. Imagine being so thirsty that you drink out of the toilet. But that was my normal. I knew nothing else. It was hard when I realized that Washington state rules that if you were adopted after 13 then you get your whole college paid. I was in a terrible situation for 9 years and the state making that age bracket after they gave off this “I wanna help all the kids succeed” motto is frustrating. The State says they care about foster kids and want to support them. They're supposed to take care of us but they only wanna protect their money. Did you know that only 32% of foster kids graduate high school? “Approximately 512,000 children were in foster care on the last day of 2006” which is the year I was born. That means out of 512,00 only 163,840 will graduate high school. “Less than 10% of foster youth pursue higher education. Only 3% will graduate with a four-year degree. Less than 0.5 -1% will graduate with a master's or higher” At most 15,360 kids will graduate college and 5,120 kids will get a master's or higher. With those odds against us, why try? I took a health class when I was a freshman. The teacher's name was Ms. Karkau. She showed me it's possible to break that cycle. It took me a while to realize want to pursue a career in psychology and eventually earn my Ph.D. to work with children and help them get their lives on track. I am eager to attend this college because I am passionate about making a difference. My goal is to care for and support the next generation as much as I can, so they can break their cycles and live the lives they desire, not the lives they were born into. Ultimately, I want to care for kids who were in my situation and help them know that people do care about them. I want to be in control. I want to make a difference in the world. I want to be an advocate for children who live lives like mine.

My name is Anna Camp. I will be the first person to graduate from high school from my family. I didn't have a typical childhood. My birth Mom had me and my twin when she was 19. Our birth Father was not dating my Mom. He was 54 years old. It was a drug transaction. I was in Foster Care for 9 years. My first memory was that my Twin Sister and I would always be alone. My Mom was asleep or gone. We knew that our Neighbor would give us food so we relied on her. When I was 2, I had to go into the system for the first time. My Mom wanted to get away so she gave us to one of her drug buddies. Long story short they found us 2 months later 4 hours away. We went to our Aunt and Uncle's house. My Mom went to rehab; and got pregnant, 9 months later I had a little sister 3 years younger than me. I moved back in with my Mom. I had to take care of a Baby when I was 3 years old. I was changing diapers and making sure we had food at 3. There was one time I remember most of all. My little Sister; 1 at the time. Was so thirsty and I couldn't reach the sink so she got water out of the toilet. Imagine being so thirsty that you drink out of the toilet. But that was my normal. I knew nothing else. It was hard when I realized that Washington state rules that if you were adopted after 13 then you get your whole college paid. I was in a terrible situation for 9 years and the state making that age bracket after they gave off this “I wanna help all the kids succeed” motto is frustrating. The State says they care about foster kids and want to support them. They're supposed to take care of us but they only wanna protect their money. Did you know that only 32% of foster kids graduate high school? “Approximately 512,000 children were in foster care on the last day of 2006” which is the year I was born. That means out of 512,00 only 163,840 will graduate high school. “Less than 10% of foster youth pursue higher education. Only 3% will graduate with a four-year degree. Less than 0.5 -1% will graduate with a master's or higher” At most 15,360 kids will graduate college and 5,120 kids will get a master's or higher. With those odds against us, why try? I took a health class when I was a freshman. The teacher's name was Ms. Karkau. She showed me it's possible to break that cycle. It took me a while to realize want to pursue a career in psychology and eventually earn my Ph.D. to work with children and help them get their lives on track. I am eager to attend this college because I am passionate about making a difference. My goal is to care for and support the next generation as much as I can, so they can break their cycles and live the lives they desire, not the lives they were born into. Ultimately, I want to care for kids who were in my situation and help them know that people do care about them. I want to be in control. I want to make a difference in the world. I want to be an advocate for children who live lives like mine.

Spider-Man has always been a significant figure in my life, and it's largely because I relate to his story on a profound level. Growing up without parents can be an incredibly isolating experience, but Spider-Man taught me that even in the face of adversity, there's the potential for greatness. Peter Parker's journey as Spider-Man resonated with me deeply. He embodies the struggles of navigating life without the guidance and support of parental figures. His resilience in the wake of loss and his determination to do the right thing despite his circumstances reflected my own desire to overcome challenges. Spider-Man's motto, "With great power comes great responsibility," became a guiding principle for me. It reminded me that I could take control of my life and use my experiences to help others, just like Peter did for New York City. Moreover, Spider-Man's frequent encounters with feelings of loneliness and the pressure of carrying the weight of the world on his shoulders mirrored my own experiences. He faced challenges that at times felt insurmountable, yet he persevered—showing me that it’s okay to struggle and that vulnerability doesn’t diminish strength. Through his stories, I learned about the importance of community and friendship. Spider-Man's relationships with characters like Aunt May and his friends highlighted that family comes in many forms. It inspired me to seek out connections and build my support system, reminding me that I’m not alone in my journey. Ultimately, Spider-Man has been more than just a superhero to me; he’s been a symbol of hope and resilience. His impact on my life has been profound, teaching me to embrace my challenges and remind myself that, while I may not have had traditional parental figures, I can still find strength and support in the world around me. Spider-Man showed me that embracing my story, hardships and all, can lead to finding my path and making a difference, even when the odds seem stacked against me. I was a foster kid I lived with my aunt and uncle and my uncles name was ben so I connected with him. I thought if spiderman could do it so could I. I don't know where I would be without him. He saved my life. I truly belive that and I still to this day am a HUGE fan. I have all the movies and all the posters and shirts. I love him and I wish I had the chance to meet stan lee and thank him.

T-ball has always held a special place in my heart, and my experience as a referee for this introductory level of baseball has only deepened my love for the game. Referring T-ball is not just about making calls; it's an opportunity to foster a love for sports in young athletes while also contributing to their development both on and off the field. One of the main reasons I love referring T-ball is the energy and enthusiasm of the young players. Their pure excitement when they hit the ball for the first time, run the bases, or make a catch is incredibly infectious. Witnessing their joy when they experience even the smallest successes reminds me of the fundamental reasons we all become involved in sports: camaraderie, competition, and fun. I take great pride in being part of these pivotal moments in their sporting journey, helping to cultivate a sense of belonging and teamwork among them. Additionally, referring T-ball allows me to play an integral role in teaching valuable life lessons to the children. The emphasis on good sportsmanship, cooperation, and respect for others—players, coaches, and officials alike—is crucial at this level. By modeling these behaviors, I am able to instill important values in young athletes that extend beyond the baseball diamond. It's a great feeling knowing that I am contributing to their growth not just as players, but as individuals who respect themselves and others. Moreover, the simplicity of T-ball is refreshing. Unlike higher levels of baseball, T-ball emphasizes fundamental skills without the pressures that can sometimes accompany more competitive practices. As a referee, I can focus more on encouraging the players and making the experience enjoyable rather than being overly concerned with strict adherence to rules. This relaxed atmosphere creates a sense of community among coaches, parents, and players, which makes every game feel special and inclusive. Lastly, I love the connections I’ve made through this experience. Working alongside other coaches, parents, and referees fosters a sense of community that is both supportive and inspiring. Watching the children grow and improve game after game has led to lasting friendships and shared memories, all centered around the love of the game. In conclusion, my passion for referring to T-ball stems from witnessing the joy of young players, helping them learn crucial life lessons, enjoying the simplicity of the game, and forming connections within the community. It’s these moments that remind me why sports are so important and why I will continue to dedicate my time to this incredible experience.

My name is Anna Camp. I will be the first person to graduate from high school from my family. I didn't have a typical childhood. My birth Mom had me and my twin when she was 19. Our birth Father was not dating my Mom. He was 54 years old. It was a drug transaction. I was in Foster Care for 9 years. My first memory was that my Twin Sister and I would always be alone. My Mom was asleep or gone. We knew that our Neighbor would give us food so we relied on her. When I was 2, I had to go into the system for the first time. My Mom wanted to get away so she gave us to one of her drug buddies. Long story short they found us 2 months later 4 hours away. We went to our Aunt and Uncle's house. My Mom went to rehab; and got pregnant, 9 months later I had a little sister 3 years younger than me. I moved back in with my Mom. I had to take care of a Baby when I was 3 years old. I was changing diapers and making sure we had food at 3. There was one time I remember most of all. My little Sister; 1 at the time. Was so thirsty and I couldn't reach the sink so she got water out of the toilet. Imagine being so thirsty that you drink out of the toilet. But that was my normal. I knew nothing else. It was hard when I realized that Washington state rules that if you were adopted after 13 then you get your whole college paid. I was in a terrible situation for 9 years and the state making that age bracket after they gave off this “I wanna help all the kids succeed” motto is frustrating. The State says they care about foster kids and want to support them. They're supposed to take care of us but they only wanna protect their money. Did you know that only 32% of foster kids graduate high school? “Approximately 512,000 children were in foster care on the last day of 2006” which is the year I was born. That means out of 512,00 only 163,840 will graduate high school. “Less than 10% of foster youth pursue higher education. Only 3% will graduate with a four-year degree. Less than 0.5 -1% will graduate with a master's or higher” At most 15,360 kids will graduate college and 5,120 kids will get a master's or higher. With those odds against us, why try? I took a health class when I was a freshman. The teacher's name was Ms. Karkau. She showed me it's possible to break that cycle. It took me a while to realize want to pursue a career in psychology and eventually earn my Ph.D. to work with children and help them get their lives on track. I am eager to attend this college because I am passionate about making a difference. My goal is to care for and support the next generation as much as I can, so they can break their cycles and live the lives they desire, not the lives they were born into. Ultimately, I want to care for kids who were in my situation and help them know that people do care about them. I want to be in control. I want to make a difference in the world. I want to be an advocate for children who live lives like mine.

My name is Anna Camp. I will be the first person to graduate from high school from my family. I didn't have a typical childhood. My birth Mom had me and my twin when she was 19. Our birth Father was not dating my Mom. He was 54 years old. It was a drug transaction. I was in Foster Care for 9 years. My first memory was that my Twin Sister and I would always be alone. My Mom was asleep or gone. We knew that our Neighbor would give us food so we relied on her. When I was 2, I had to go into the system for the first time. My Mom wanted to get away so she gave us to one of her drug buddies. Long story short they found us 2 months later 4 hours away. We went to our Aunt and Uncle's house. My Mom went to rehab; and got pregnant, 9 months later I had a little sister 3 years younger than me. I moved back in with my Mom. I had to take care of a Baby when I was 3 years old. I was changing diapers and making sure we had food at 3. There was one time I remember most of all. My little Sister; 1 at the time. Was so thirsty and I couldn't reach the sink so she got water out of the toilet. Imagine being so thirsty that you drink out of the toilet. But that was my normal. I knew nothing else. It was hard when I realized that Washington state rules that if you were adopted after 13 then you get your whole college paid. I was in a terrible situation for 9 years and the state making that age bracket after they gave off this “I wanna help all the kids succeed” motto is frustrating. The State says they care about foster kids and want to support them. They're supposed to take care of us but they only wanna protect their money. Did you know that only 32% of foster kids graduate high school? “Approximately 512,000 children were in foster care on the last day of 2006” which is the year I was born. That means out of 512,00 only 163,840 will graduate high school. “Less than 10% of foster youth pursue higher education. Only 3% will graduate with a four-year degree. Less than 0.5 -1% will graduate with a master's or higher” At most 15,360 kids will graduate college and 5,120 kids will get a master's or higher. With those odds against us, why try? I took a health class when I was a freshman. The teacher's name was Ms. Karkau. She showed me it's possible to break that cycle. It took me a while to realize want to pursue a career in psychology and eventually earn my Ph.D. to work with children and help them get their lives on track. I am eager to attend this college because I am passionate about making a difference. My goal is to care for and support the next generation as much as I can, so they can break their cycles and live the lives they desire, not the lives they were born into. Ultimately, I want to care for kids who were in my situation and help them know that people do care about them. I want to be in control. I want to make a difference in the world. I want to be an advocate for children who live lives like mine.

My name is Anna Camp. I will be the first person to graduate from high school from my family. I didn't have a typical childhood. My birth Mom had me and my twin when she was 19. Our birth Father was not dating my Mom. He was 54 years old. It was a drug transaction. I was in Foster Care for 9 years. My first memory was that my Twin Sister and I would always be alone. My Mom was asleep or gone. We knew that our Neighbor would give us food so we relied on her. When I was 2, I had to go into the system for the first time. My Mom wanted to get away so she gave us to one of her drug buddies. Long story short they found us 2 months later 4 hours away. We went to our Aunt and Uncle's house. My Mom went to rehab; and got pregnant, 9 months later I had a little sister 3 years younger than me. I moved back in with my Mom. I had to take care of a Baby when I was 3 years old. I was changing diapers and making sure we had food at 3. There was one time I remember most of all. My little Sister; 1 at the time. Was so thirsty and I couldn't reach the sink so she got water out of the toilet. Imagine being so thirsty that you drink out of the toilet. But that was my normal. I knew nothing else. It was hard when I realized that Washington state rules that if you were adopted after 13 then you get your whole college paid. I was in a terrible situation for 9 years and the state making that age bracket after they gave off this “I wanna help all the kids succeed” motto is frustrating. The State says they care about foster kids and want to support them. They're supposed to take care of us but they only wanna protect their money. Did you know that only 32% of foster kids graduate high school? “Approximately 512,000 children were in foster care on the last day of 2006” which is the year I was born. That means out of 512,00 only 163,840 will graduate high school. “Less than 10% of foster youth pursue higher education. Only 3% will graduate with a four-year degree. Less than 0.5 -1% will graduate with a master's or higher” At most 15,360 kids will graduate college and 5,120 kids will get a master's or higher. With those odds against us, why try? I took a health class when I was a freshman. The teacher's name was Ms. Karkau. She showed me it's possible to break that cycle. It took me a while to realize want to pursue a career in psychology and eventually earn my Ph.D. to work with children and help them get their lives on track. I am eager to attend this college because I am passionate about making a difference. My goal is to care for and support the next generation as much as I can, so they can break their cycles and live the lives they desire, not the lives they were born into. Ultimately, I want to care for kids who were in my situation and help them know that people do care about them. I want to be in control. I want to make a difference in the world. I want to be an advocate for children who live lives like mine.

My name is Anna Camp. I will be the first person to graduate from high school from my family. I didn't have a typical childhood. My birth Mom had me and my twin when she was 19. Our birth Father was not dating my Mom. He was 54 years old. It was a drug transaction. I was in Foster Care for 9 years. My first memory was that my Twin Sister and I would always be alone. My Mom was asleep or gone. We knew that our Neighbor would give us food so we relied on her. When I was 2, I had to go into the system for the first time. My Mom wanted to get away so she gave us to one of her drug buddies. Long story short they found us 2 months later 4 hours away. We went to our Aunt and Uncle's house. My Mom went to rehab; and got pregnant, 9 months later I had a little sister 3 years younger than me. I moved back in with my Mom. I had to take care of a Baby when I was 3 years old. I was changing diapers and making sure we had food at 3. There was one time I remember most of all. My little Sister; 1 at the time. Was so thirsty and I couldn't reach the sink so she got water out of the toilet. Imagine being so thirsty that you drink out of the toilet. But that was my normal. I knew nothing else. It was hard when I realized that Washington state rules that if you were adopted after 13 then you get your whole college paid. I was in a terrible situation for 9 years and the state making that age bracket after they gave off this “I wanna help all the kids succeed” motto is frustrating. The State says they care about foster kids and want to support them. They're supposed to take care of us but they only wanna protect their money. Did you know that only 32% of foster kids graduate high school? “Approximately 512,000 children were in foster care on the last day of 2006” which is the year I was born. That means out of 512,00 only 163,840 will graduate high school. “Less than 10% of foster youth pursue higher education. Only 3% will graduate with a four-year degree. Less than 0.5 -1% will graduate with a master's or higher” At most 15,360 kids will graduate college and 5,120 kids will get a master's or higher. With those odds against us, why try? I took a health class when I was a freshman. The teacher's name was Ms. Karkau. She showed me it's possible to break that cycle. It took me a while to realize want to pursue a career in psychology and eventually earn my Ph.D. to work with children and help them get their lives on track. I am eager to attend this college because I am passionate about making a difference. My goal is to care for and support the next generation as much as I can, so they can break their cycles and live the lives they desire, not the lives they were born into. Ultimately, I want to care for kids who were in my situation and help them know that people do care about them. I want to be in control. I want to make a difference in the world. I want to be an advocate for children who live lives like mine.

My name is Anna Camp. I will be the first person to graduate from high school from my family. I didn't have a typical childhood. My birth Mom had me and my twin when she was 19. Our birth Father was not dating my Mom. He was 54 years old. It was a drug transaction. I was in Foster Care for 9 years. My first memory was that my Twin Sister and I would always be alone. My Mom was asleep or gone. We knew that our Neighbor would give us food so we relied on her. When I was 2, I had to go into the system for the first time. My Mom wanted to get away so she gave us to one of her drug buddies. Long story short they found us 2 months later 4 hours away. We went to our Aunt and Uncle's house. My Mom went to rehab; and got pregnant, 9 months later I had a little sister 3 years younger than me. I moved back in with my Mom. I had to take care of a Baby when I was 3 years old. I was changing diapers and making sure we had food at 3. There was one time I remember most of all. My little Sister; 1 at the time. Was so thirsty and I couldn't reach the sink so she got water out of the toilet. Imagine being so thirsty that you drink out of the toilet. But that was my normal. I knew nothing else. It was hard when I realized that Washington state rules that if you were adopted after 13 then you get your whole college paid. I was in a terrible situation for 9 years and the state making that age bracket after they gave off this “I wanna help all the kids succeed” motto is frustrating. The State says they care about foster kids and want to support them. They're supposed to take care of us but they only wanna protect their money. Did you know that only 32% of foster kids graduate high school? “Approximately 512,000 children were in foster care on the last day of 2006” which is the year I was born. That means out of 512,00 only 163,840 will graduate high school. “Less than 10% of foster youth pursue higher education. Only 3% will graduate with a four-year degree. Less than 0.5 -1% will graduate with a master's or higher” At most 15,360 kids will graduate college and 5,120 kids will get a master's or higher. With those odds against us, why try? I took a health class when I was a freshman. The teacher's name was Ms. Karkau. She showed me it's possible to break that cycle. It took me a while to realize want to pursue a career in psychology and eventually earn my Ph.D. to work with children and help them get their lives on track. I am eager to attend this college because I am passionate about making a difference. My goal is to care for and support the next generation as much as I can, so they can break their cycles and live the lives they desire, not the lives they were born into. Ultimately, I want to care for kids who were in my situation and help them know that people do care about them. I want to be in control. I want to make a difference in the world. I want to be an advocate for children who live lives like mine.

My name is Anna Camp. I will be the first person to graduate from high school from my family. I didn't have a typical childhood. My birth Mom had me and my twin when she was 19. Our birth Father was not dating my Mom. He was 54 years old. It was a drug transaction. I was in Foster Care for 9 years. My first memory was that my Twin Sister and I would always be alone. My Mom was asleep or gone. We knew that our Neighbor would give us food so we relied on her. When I was 2, I had to go into the system for the first time. My Mom wanted to get away so she gave us to one of her drug buddies. Long story short they found us 2 months later 4 hours away. We went to our Aunt and Uncle's house. My Mom went to rehab; and got pregnant, 9 months later I had a little sister 3 years younger than me. I moved back in with my Mom. I had to take care of a Baby when I was 3 years old. I was changing diapers and making sure we had food at 3. There was one time I remember most of all. My little Sister; 1 at the time. Was so thirsty and I couldn't reach the sink so she got water out of the toilet. Imagine being so thirsty that you drink out of the toilet. But that was my normal. I knew nothing else. It was hard when I realized that Washington state rules that if you were adopted after 13 then you get your whole college paid. I was in a terrible situation for 9 years and the state making that age bracket after they gave off this “I wanna help all the kids succeed” motto is frustrating. The State says they care about foster kids and want to support them. They're supposed to take care of us but they only wanna protect their money. Did you know that only 32% of foster kids graduate high school? “Approximately 512,000 children were in foster care on the last day of 2006” which is the year I was born. That means out of 512,00 only 163,840 will graduate high school. “Less than 10% of foster youth pursue higher education. Only 3% will graduate with a four-year degree. Less than 0.5 -1% will graduate with a master's or higher” At most 15,360 kids will graduate college and 5,120 kids will get a master's or higher. With those odds against us, why try? I took a health class when I was a freshman. The teacher's name was Ms. Karkau. She showed me it's possible to break that cycle. It took me a while to realize want to pursue a career in psychology and eventually earn my Ph.D. to work with children and help them get their lives on track. I am eager to attend this college because I am passionate about making a difference. My goal is to care for and support the next generation as much as I can, so they can break their cycles and live the lives they desire, not the lives they were born into. Ultimately, I want to care for kids who were in my situation and help them know that people do care about them. I want to be in control. I want to make a difference in the world. I want to be an advocate for children who live lives like mine.

My name is Anna Camp. I will be the first person to graduate from high school from my family. I didn't have a typical childhood. My birth Mom had me and my twin when she was 19. Our birth Father was not dating my Mom. He was 54 years old. It was a drug transaction. I was in Foster Care for 9 years. My first memory was that my Twin Sister and I would always be alone. My Mom was asleep or gone. We knew that our Neighbor would give us food so we relied on her. When I was 2, I had to go into the system for the first time. My Mom wanted to get away so she gave us to one of her drug buddies. Long story short they found us 2 months later 4 hours away. We went to our Aunt and Uncle's house. My Mom went to rehab; and got pregnant, 9 months later I had a little sister 3 years younger than me. I moved back in with my Mom. I had to take care of a Baby when I was 3 years old. I was changing diapers and making sure we had food at 3. There was one time I remember most of all. My little Sister; 1 at the time. Was so thirsty and I couldn't reach the sink so she got water out of the toilet. Imagine being so thirsty that you drink out of the toilet. But that was my normal. I knew nothing else. It was hard when I realized that Washington state rules that if you were adopted after 13 then you get your whole college paid. I was in a terrible situation for 9 years and the state making that age bracket after they gave off this “I wanna help all the kids succeed” motto is frustrating. The State says they care about foster kids and want to support them. They're supposed to take care of us but they only wanna protect their money. Did you know that only 32% of foster kids graduate high school? “Approximately 512,000 children were in foster care on the last day of 2006” which is the year I was born. That means out of 512,00 only 163,840 will graduate high school. “Less than 10% of foster youth pursue higher education. Only 3% will graduate with a four-year degree. Less than 0.5 -1% will graduate with a master's or higher” At most 15,360 kids will graduate college and 5,120 kids will get a master's or higher. With those odds against us, why try? I took a health class when I was a freshman. The teacher's name was Ms. Karkau. She showed me it's possible to break that cycle. It took me a while to realize want to pursue a career in psychology and eventually earn my Ph.D. to work with children and help them get their lives on track. I am eager to attend this college because I am passionate about making a difference. My goal is to care for and support the next generation as much as I can, so they can break their cycles and live the lives they desire, not the lives they were born into. Ultimately, I want to care for kids who were in my situation and help them know that people do care about them. I want to be in control. I want to make a difference in the world. I want to be an advocate for children who live lives like mine.

My name is Anna Camp. I will be the first person to graduate from high school from my family. I didn't have a typical childhood. My birth Mom had me and my twin when she was 19. Our birth Father was not dating my Mom. He was 54 years old. It was a drug transaction. I was in Foster Care for 9 years. My first memory was that my Twin Sister and I would always be alone. My Mom was asleep or gone. We knew that our Neighbor would give us food so we relied on her. When I was 2, I had to go into the system for the first time. My Mom wanted to get away so she gave us to one of her drug buddies. Long story short they found us 2 months later 4 hours away. We went to our Aunt and Uncle's house. My Mom went to rehab; and got pregnant, 9 months later I had a little sister 3 years younger than me. I moved back in with my Mom. I had to take care of a Baby when I was 3 years old. I was changing diapers and making sure we had food at 3. There was one time I remember most of all. My little Sister; 1 at the time. Was so thirsty and I couldn't reach the sink so she got water out of the toilet. Imagine being so thirsty that you drink out of the toilet. But that was my normal. I knew nothing else. It was hard when I realized that Washington state rules that if you were adopted after 13 then you get your whole college paid. I was in a terrible situation for 9 years and the state making that age bracket after they gave off this “I wanna help all the kids succeed” motto is frustrating. The State says they care about foster kids and want to support them. They're supposed to take care of us but they only wanna protect their money. Did you know that only 32% of foster kids graduate high school? “Approximately 512,000 children were in foster care on the last day of 2006” which is the year I was born. That means out of 512,00 only 163,840 will graduate high school. “Less than 10% of foster youth pursue higher education. Only 3% will graduate with a four-year degree. Less than 0.5 -1% will graduate with a master's or higher” At most 15,360 kids will graduate college and 5,120 kids will get a master's or higher. With those odds against us, why try? I took a health class when I was a freshman. The teacher's name was Ms. Karkau. She showed me it's possible to break that cycle. It took me a while to realize want to pursue a career in psychology and eventually earn my Ph.D. to work with children and help them get their lives on track. I am eager to attend this college because I am passionate about making a difference. My goal is to care for and support the next generation as much as I can, so they can break their cycles and live the lives they desire, not the lives they were born into. Ultimately, I want to care for kids who were in my situation and help them know that people do care about them. I want to be in control. I want to make a difference in the world. I want to be an advocate for children who live lives like mine.

My name is Anna Camp. I will be the first person to graduate from high school from my family. I didn't have a typical childhood. My birth Mom had me and my twin when she was 19. Our birth Father was not dating my Mom. He was 54 years old. It was a drug transaction. I was in Foster Care for 9 years. My first memory was that my Twin Sister and I would always be alone. My Mom was asleep or gone. We knew that our Neighbor would give us food so we relied on her. When I was 2, I had to go into the system for the first time. My Mom wanted to get away so she gave us to one of her drug buddies. Long story short they found us 2 months later 4 hours away. We went to our Aunt and Uncle's house. My Mom went to rehab; and got pregnant, 9 months later I had a little sister 3 years younger than me. I moved back in with my Mom. I had to take care of a Baby when I was 3 years old. I was changing diapers and making sure we had food at 3. There was one time I remember most of all. My little Sister; 1 at the time. Was so thirsty and I couldn't reach the sink so she got water out of the toilet. Imagine being so thirsty that you drink out of the toilet. But that was my normal. I knew nothing else. It was hard when I realized that Washington state rules that if you were adopted after 13 then you get your whole college paid. I was in a terrible situation for 9 years and the state making that age bracket after they gave off this “I wanna help all the kids succeed” motto is frustrating. The State says they care about foster kids and want to support them. They're supposed to take care of us but they only wanna protect their money. Did you know that only 32% of foster kids graduate high school? “Approximately 512,000 children were in foster care on the last day of 2006” which is the year I was born. That means out of 512,00 only 163,840 will graduate high school. “Less than 10% of foster youth pursue higher education. Only 3% will graduate with a four-year degree. Less than 0.5 -1% will graduate with a master's or higher” At most 15,360 kids will graduate college and 5,120 kids will get a master's or higher. With those odds against us, why try? I took a health class when I was a freshman. The teacher's name was Ms. Karkau. She showed me it's possible to break that cycle. It took me a while to realize want to pursue a career in psychology and eventually earn my Ph.D. to work with children and help them get their lives on track. I am eager to attend this college because I am passionate about making a difference. My goal is to care for and support the next generation as much as I can, so they can break their cycles and live the lives they desire, not the lives they were born into. Ultimately, I want to care for kids who were in my situation and help them know that people do care about them. I want to be in control. I want to make a difference in the world. I want to be an advocate for children who live lives like mine.

My name is Anna Camp. I will be the first person to graduate from high school from my family. I didn't have a typical childhood. My birth Mom had me and my twin when she was 19. Our birth Father was not dating my Mom. He was 54 years old. It was a drug transaction. I was in Foster Care for 9 years. My first memory was that my Twin Sister and I would always be alone. My Mom was asleep or gone. We knew that our Neighbor would give us food so we relied on her. When I was 2, I had to go into the system for the first time. My Mom wanted to get away so she gave us to one of her drug buddies. Long story short they found us 2 months later 4 hours away. We went to our Aunt and Uncle's house. My Mom went to rehab; and got pregnant, 9 months later I had a little sister 3 years younger than me. I moved back in with my Mom. I had to take care of a Baby when I was 3 years old. I was changing diapers and making sure we had food at 3. There was one time I remember most of all. My little Sister; 1 at the time. Was so thirsty and I couldn't reach the sink so she got water out of the toilet. Imagine being so thirsty that you drink out of the toilet. But that was my normal. I knew nothing else. It was hard when I realized that Washington state rules that if you were adopted after 13 then you get your whole college paid. I was in a terrible situation for 9 years and the state making that age bracket after they gave off this “I wanna help all the kids succeed” motto is frustrating. The State says they care about foster kids and want to support them. They're supposed to take care of us but they only wanna protect their money. Did you know that only 32% of foster kids graduate high school? “Approximately 512,000 children were in foster care on the last day of 2006” which is the year I was born. That means out of 512,00 only 163,840 will graduate high school. “Less than 10% of foster youth pursue higher education. Only 3% will graduate with a four-year degree. Less than 0.5 -1% will graduate with a master's or higher” At most 15,360 kids will graduate college and 5,120 kids will get a master's or higher. With those odds against us, why try? I took a health class when I was a freshman. The teacher's name was Ms. Karkau. She showed me it's possible to break that cycle. It took me a while to realize want to pursue a career in psychology and eventually earn my Ph.D. to work with children and help them get their lives on track. I am eager to attend this college because I am passionate about making a difference. My goal is to care for and support the next generation as much as I can, so they can break their cycles and live the lives they desire, not the lives they were born into. Ultimately, I want to care for kids who were in my situation and help them know that people do care about them. I want to be in control. I want to make a difference in the world. I want to be an advocate for children who live lives like mine.

My name is Anna Camp. I will be the first person to graduate from high school from my family. I didn't have a typical childhood. My birth Mom had me and my twin when she was 19. Our birth Father was not dating my Mom. He was 54 years old. It was a drug transaction. I was in Foster Care for 9 years. My first memory was that my Twin Sister and I would always be alone. My Mom was asleep or gone. We knew that our Neighbor would give us food so we relied on her. When I was 2, I had to go into the system for the first time. My Mom wanted to get away so she gave us to one of her drug buddies. Long story short they found us 2 months later 4 hours away. We went to our Aunt and Uncle's house. My Mom went to rehab; and got pregnant, 9 months later I had a little sister 3 years younger than me. I moved back in with my Mom. I had to take care of a Baby when I was 3 years old. I was changing diapers and making sure we had food at 3. There was one time I remember most of all. My little Sister; 1 at the time. Was so thirsty and I couldn't reach the sink so she got water out of the toilet. Imagine being so thirsty that you drink out of the toilet. But that was my normal. I knew nothing else. It was hard when I realized that Washington state rules that if you were adopted after 13 then you get your whole college paid. I was in a terrible situation for 9 years and the state making that age bracket after they gave off this “I wanna help all the kids succeed” motto is frustrating. The State says they care about foster kids and want to support them. They're supposed to take care of us but they only wanna protect their money. Did you know that only 32% of foster kids graduate high school? “Approximately 512,000 children were in foster care on the last day of 2006” which is the year I was born. That means out of 512,00 only 163,840 will graduate high school. “Less than 10% of foster youth pursue higher education. Only 3% will graduate with a four-year degree. Less than 0.5 -1% will graduate with a master's or higher” At most 15,360 kids will graduate college and 5,120 kids will get a master's or higher. With those odds against us, why try? I took a health class when I was a freshman. The teacher's name was Ms. Karkau. She showed me it's possible to break that cycle. It took me a while to realize want to pursue a career in psychology and eventually earn my Ph.D. to work with children and help them get their lives on track. I am eager to attend this college because I am passionate about making a difference. My goal is to care for and support the next generation as much as I can, so they can break their cycles and live the lives they desire, not the lives they were born into. Ultimately, I want to care for kids who were in my situation and help them know that people do care about them. I want to be in control. I want to make a difference in the world. I want to be an advocate for children who live lives like mine.

My name is Anna Camp. I will be the first person to graduate from high school from my family. I didn't have a typical childhood. My birth Mom had me and my twin when she was 19. Our birth Father was not dating my Mom. He was 54 years old. It was a drug transaction. I was in Foster Care for 9 years. My first memory was that my Twin Sister and I would always be alone. My Mom was asleep or gone. We knew that our Neighbor would give us food so we relied on her. When I was 2, I had to go into the system for the first time. My Mom wanted to get away so she gave us to one of her drug buddies. Long story short they found us 2 months later 4 hours away. We went to our Aunt and Uncle's house. My Mom went to rehab; and got pregnant, 9 months later I had a little sister 3 years younger than me. I moved back in with my Mom. I had to take care of a Baby when I was 3 years old. I was changing diapers and making sure we had food at 3. There was one time I remember most of all. My little Sister; 1 at the time. Was so thirsty and I couldn't reach the sink so she got water out of the toilet. Imagine being so thirsty that you drink out of the toilet. But that was my normal. I knew nothing else. It was hard when I realized that Washington state rules that if you were adopted after 13 then you get your whole college paid. I was in a terrible situation for 9 years and the state making that age bracket after they gave off this “I wanna help all the kids succeed” motto is frustrating. The State says they care about foster kids and want to support them. They're supposed to take care of us but they only wanna protect their money. Did you know that only 32% of foster kids graduate high school? “Approximately 512,000 children were in foster care on the last day of 2006” which is the year I was born. That means out of 512,00 only 163,840 will graduate high school. “Less than 10% of foster youth pursue higher education. Only 3% will graduate with a four-year degree. Less than 0.5 -1% will graduate with a master's or higher” At most 15,360 kids will graduate college and 5,120 kids will get a master's or higher. With those odds against us, why try? I took a health class when I was a freshman. The teacher's name was Ms. Karkau. She showed me it's possible to break that cycle. It took me a while to realize want to pursue a career in psychology and eventually earn my Ph.D. to work with children and help them get their lives on track. I am eager to attend this college because I am passionate about making a difference. My goal is to care for and support the next generation as much as I can, so they can break their cycles and live the lives they desire, not the lives they were born into. Ultimately, I want to care for kids who were in my situation and help them know that people do care about them. I want to be in control. I want to make a difference in the world. I want to be an advocate for children who live lives like mine.

My name is Anna Camp. I will be the first person to graduate from high school from my family. I didn't have a typical childhood. My birth Mom had me and my twin when she was 19. Our birth Father was not dating my Mom. He was 54 years old. It was a drug transaction. I was in Foster Care for 9 years. My first memory was that my Twin Sister and I would always be alone. My Mom was asleep or gone. We knew that our Neighbor would give us food so we relied on her. When I was 2, I had to go into the system for the first time. My Mom wanted to get away so she gave us to one of her drug buddies. Long story short they found us 2 months later 4 hours away. We went to our Aunt and Uncle's house. My Mom went to rehab; and got pregnant, 9 months later I had a little sister 3 years younger than me. I moved back in with my Mom. I had to take care of a Baby when I was 3 years old. I was changing diapers and making sure we had food at 3. There was one time I remember most of all. My little Sister; 1 at the time. Was so thirsty and I couldn't reach the sink so she got water out of the toilet. Imagine being so thirsty that you drink out of the toilet. But that was my normal. I knew nothing else. It was hard when I realized that Washington state rules that if you were adopted after 13 then you get your whole college paid. I was in a terrible situation for 9 years and the state making that age bracket after they gave off this “I wanna help all the kids succeed” motto is frustrating. The State says they care about foster kids and want to support them. They're supposed to take care of us but they only wanna protect their money. Did you know that only 32% of foster kids graduate high school? “Approximately 512,000 children were in foster care on the last day of 2006” which is the year I was born. That means out of 512,00 only 163,840 will graduate high school. “Less than 10% of foster youth pursue higher education. Only 3% will graduate with a four-year degree. Less than 0.5 -1% will graduate with a master's or higher” At most 15,360 kids will graduate college and 5,120 kids will get a master's or higher. With those odds against us, why try? I took a health class when I was a freshman. The teacher's name was Ms. Karkau. She showed me it's possible to break that cycle. It took me a while to realize want to pursue a career in psychology and eventually earn my Ph.D. to work with children and help them get their lives on track. I am eager to attend this college because I am passionate about making a difference. My goal is to care for and support the next generation as much as I can, so they can break their cycles and live the lives they desire, not the lives they were born into. Ultimately, I want to care for kids who were in my situation and help them know that people do care about them. I want to be in control. I want to make a difference in the world. I want to be an advocate for children who live lives like mine.

Growing up, I always felt like my heart was racing more than usual, but I didn’t think much of it until I was diagnosed with Wolff-Parkinson-White (WPW) syndrome at the age of 13. WPW is a condition where extra electrical pathways in the heart cause it to beat faster than normal, leading to episodes of rapid heart rates. These episodes could sometimes be quite frightening. I remember the first time I experienced a rapid heartbeat. I was at school when I suddenly felt a surge of energy pulsing through me, almost like I was running a sprint. It caught me off guard, and as the minutes passed, the feeling didn’t go away. I was taken to the hospital, where doctors ran tests and eventually diagnosed me with WPW. They explained the condition to my parents and me, and while it was a relief to have an explanation for what I was experiencing, I also learned that treatment might be necessary. After various discussions with cardiologists, we decided that the best course of action would be to undergo a procedure known as catheter ablation. At 13, I was understandably nervous about the idea of heart surgery. The procedure went well. In the days following the surgery, I was monitored closely, and eventually, I was able to return to my regular activities. This experience taught me about resilience and the power of medical intervention. I’m grateful for the support of my family, and the medical team who helped me through a challenging time in my life. Now, I live with a greater awareness of my health, and the experience has instilled in me a deep appreciation for life and its rhythms. It was really scary to get back into sports again. From the moment I was diagnosed with Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome, my adopted dad has been my rock, Going through the catheter ablation procedure at such a young age was daunting, but knowing that my dad was there gave me strength. He held my hand before I was wheeled into the operating room, reassuring me with his calming presence. I remember his gentle smile, which was both comforting and encouraging. He made sure I knew that I wasn’t going through this alone and that he would be there every step of the way. During my recovery, my dad was my biggest cheerleader. He took time off work to be with me, ensuring I had everything I needed, from tasty meals to motivational talks. He would sit by my side, ready to hear my thoughts about how I was feeling both physically and emotionally. Whenever I expressed anxiety about returning to sports or school, he helped me navigate those feelings, reminding me of the progress I had made and encouraging me to take things one day at a time. What I appreciate the most is how he took the time to understand WPW and actively engaged in discussions with my doctors. He became an advocate for my health, making sure we all understood the best path forward. His dedication showed me the true meaning of being there for someone, and it instilled in me a sense of security that I carry with me to this day. Looking back, I realize how fortunate I am to have an adopted dad who was so integral to my journey. His presence throughout this challenging time helped shape my resilience and taught me the importance of support and love. Now, I carry those lessons with me as I embrace life with a renewed appreciation for my health—and I know I’ll always have my dad cheering me on.

My name is Anna Camp. I will be the first person to graduate from high school from my family. I didn't have a typical childhood. My birth Mom had me and my twin when she was 19. Our birth Father was not dating my Mom. He was 54 years old. It was a drug transaction. I was in Foster Care for 9 years. My first memory was that my Twin Sister and I would always be alone. My Mom was asleep or gone. We knew that our Neighbor would give us food so we relied on her. When I was 2, I had to go into the system for the first time. My Mom wanted to get away so she gave us to one of her drug buddies. Long story short they found us 2 months later 4 hours away. We went to our Aunt and Uncle's house. My Mom went to rehab; and got pregnant, 9 months later I had a little sister 3 years younger than me. I moved back in with my Mom. I had to take care of a Baby when I was 3 years old. I was changing diapers and making sure we had food at 3. There was one time I remember most of all. My little Sister; 1 at the time. Was so thirsty and I couldn't reach the sink so she got water out of the toilet. Imagine being so thirsty that you drink out of the toilet. But that was my normal. I knew nothing else. It was hard when I realized that Washington state rules that if you were adopted after 13 then you get your whole college paid. I was in a terrible situation for 9 years and the state making that age bracket after they gave off this “I wanna help all the kids succeed” motto is frustrating. The State says they care about foster kids and want to support them. They're supposed to take care of us but they only wanna protect their money. Did you know that only 32% of foster kids graduate high school? “Approximately 512,000 children were in foster care on the last day of 2006” which is the year I was born. That means out of 512,00 only 163,840 will graduate high school. “Less than 10% of foster youth pursue higher education. Only 3% will graduate with a four-year degree. Less than 0.5 -1% will graduate with a master's or higher” At most 15,360 kids will graduate college and 5,120 kids will get a master's or higher. With those odds against us, why try? I took a health class when I was a freshman. The teacher's name was Ms. Karkau. She showed me it's possible to break that cycle. It took me a while to realize want to pursue a career in psychology and eventually earn my Ph.D. to work with children and help them get their lives on track. I am eager to attend this college because I am passionate about making a difference. My goal is to care for and support the next generation as much as I can, so they can break their cycles and live the lives they desire, not the lives they were born into. Ultimately, I want to care for kids who were in my situation and help them know that people do care about them. I want to be in control. I want to make a difference in the world. I want to be an advocate for children who live lives like mine.

My name is Anna Camp. I will be the first person to graduate from high school from my family. I didn't have a typical childhood. My birth Mom had me and my twin when she was 19. Our birth Father was not dating my Mom. He was 54 years old. It was a drug transaction. I was in Foster Care for 9 years. My first memory was that my Twin Sister and I would always be alone. My Mom was asleep or gone. We knew that our Neighbor would give us food so we relied on her. When I was 2, I had to go into the system for the first time. My Mom wanted to get away so she gave us to one of her drug buddies. Long story short they found us 2 months later 4 hours away. We went to our Aunt and Uncle's house. My Mom went to rehab; and got pregnant, 9 months later I had a little sister 3 years younger than me. I moved back in with my Mom. I had to take care of a Baby when I was 3 years old. I was changing diapers and making sure we had food at 3. There was one time I remember most of all. My little Sister; 1 at the time. Was so thirsty and I couldn't reach the sink so she got water out of the toilet. Imagine being so thirsty that you drink out of the toilet. But that was my normal. I knew nothing else. It was hard when I realized that Washington state rules that if you were adopted after 13 then you get your whole college paid. I was in a terrible situation for 9 years and the state making that age bracket after they gave off this “I wanna help all the kids succeed” motto is frustrating. The State says they care about foster kids and want to support them. They're supposed to take care of us but they only wanna protect their money. Did you know that only 32% of foster kids graduate high school? “Approximately 512,000 children were in foster care on the last day of 2006” which is the year I was born. That means out of 512,00 only 163,840 will graduate high school. “Less than 10% of foster youth pursue higher education. Only 3% will graduate with a four-year degree. Less than 0.5 -1% will graduate with a master's or higher” At most 15,360 kids will graduate college and 5,120 kids will get a master's or higher. With those odds against us, why try? I took a health class when I was a freshman. The teacher's name was Ms. Karkau. She showed me it's possible to break that cycle. It took me a while to realize want to pursue a career in psychology and eventually earn my Ph.D. to work with children and help them get their lives on track. I am eager to attend this college because I am passionate about making a difference. My goal is to care for and support the next generation as much as I can, so they can break their cycles and live the lives they desire, not the lives they were born into. Ultimately, I want to care for kids who were in my situation and help them know that people do care about them. I want to be in control. I want to make a difference in the world. I want to be an advocate for children who live lives like mine.

My name is Anna Camp. I will be the first person to graduate from high school from my family. I didn't have a typical childhood. My birth Mom had me and my twin when she was 19. Our birth Father was not dating my Mom. He was 54 years old. It was a drug transaction. I was in Foster Care for 9 years. My first memory was that my Twin Sister and I would always be alone. My Mom was asleep or gone. We knew that our Neighbor would give us food so we relied on her. When I was 2, I had to go into the system for the first time. My Mom wanted to get away so she gave us to one of her drug buddies. Long story short they found us 2 months later 4 hours away. We went to our Aunt and Uncle's house. My Mom went to rehab; and got pregnant, 9 months later I had a little sister 3 years younger than me. I moved back in with my Mom. I had to take care of a Baby when I was 3 years old. I was changing diapers and making sure we had food at 3. There was one time I remember most of all. My little Sister; 1 at the time. Was so thirsty and I couldn't reach the sink so she got water out of the toilet. Imagine being so thirsty that you drink out of the toilet. But that was my normal. I knew nothing else. It was hard when I realized that Washington state rules that if you were adopted after 13 then you get your whole college paid. I was in a terrible situation for 9 years and the state making that age bracket after they gave off this “I wanna help all the kids succeed” motto is frustrating. The State says they care about foster kids and want to support them. They're supposed to take care of us but they only wanna protect their money. Did you know that only 32% of foster kids graduate high school? “Approximately 512,000 children were in foster care on the last day of 2006” which is the year I was born. That means out of 512,00 only 163,840 will graduate high school. “Less than 10% of foster youth pursue higher education. Only 3% will graduate with a four-year degree. Less than 0.5 -1% will graduate with a master's or higher” At most 15,360 kids will graduate college and 5,120 kids will get a master's or higher. With those odds against us, why try? I took a health class when I was a freshman. The teacher's name was Ms. Karkau. She showed me it's possible to break that cycle. It took me a while to realize want to pursue a career in psychology and eventually earn my Ph.D. to work with children and help them get their lives on track. I am eager to attend this college because I am passionate about making a difference. My goal is to care for and support the next generation as much as I can, so they can break their cycles and live the lives they desire, not the lives they were born into. Ultimately, I want to care for kids who were in my situation and help them know that people do care about them. I want to be in control. I want to make a difference in the world. I want to be an advocate for children who live lives like mine.

My best friend is hard of hearing, which has been a defining aspect of our friendship and has taught me so much about communication and understanding. To bridge the gap and ensure we could connect on a deeper level, I decided to learn American Sign Language (ASL). Taking on this challenge turned out to be immensely rewarding as I fully immersed myself in both the intricacies of American Sign Language (ASL) and the vibrant culture of the deaf community. Learning ASL not only transformed the way we communicate, allowing for a richer and more nuanced exchange of thoughts and feelings, but it also deepened our relationship in unforeseen ways. I've come to appreciate the subtlety and beauty inherent in silent conversations—every gesture, facial expression, and sign carries meaning that transcends spoken words. As I embarked on this journey, I found myself more attuned to the unique experiences and perspectives of the deaf community, which fostered a greater awareness of the significance of inclusivity. Each interaction revealed how language serves as a bridge, connecting people from diverse backgrounds and leading to the emergence of new friendships. Through shared experiences and conversations, I have discovered the profound impact that understanding and embracing different modes of communication can have on promoting empathy and fostering meaningful connections with others. I can't wait to teach American Sign Language (ASL) to my future kids! It’s something I’m genuinely passionate about and believe would be a wonderful gift to share with them. From my experiences, I’ve learned just how powerful ASL can be in fostering connections and understanding, not just with the deaf community but with everyone around us. Teaching my children ASL will instill in them an appreciation for different modes of communication and the importance of inclusivity. I want them to grow up knowing that language is a beautiful way to connect, regardless of how it is expressed. Imagine the joy of sharing stories and experiences in a language that opens up a whole new world of expression! I envision sitting together, practicing signs, and even having fun creating our own family signs to make it even more special. It excites me to think about how it could enhance their empathy and understanding of others, helping them to appreciate the beauty and richness in diversity. Learning ASL will not only be an educational experience for them but also something that could strengthen our bond as a family. I’m eager to see how it shapes their perspectives and interactions with the world. Teaching them ASL feels like an incredible opportunity to pass on a valuable skill—and a way to honor the friendship and lessons I’ve gained from my best friend. I truly believe it will create a foundation of respect and kindness that they’ll carry with them throughout their lives.

My name is Anna Camp. I will be the first person to graduate from high school from my family. I didn't have a typical childhood. My birth Mom had me and my twin when she was 19. Our birth Father was not dating my Mom. He was 54 years old. It was a drug transaction. I was in Foster Care for 9 years. My first memory was that my Twin Sister and I would always be alone. My Mom was asleep or gone. We knew that our Neighbor would give us food so we relied on her. When I was 2, I had to go into the system for the first time. My Mom wanted to get away so she gave us to one of her drug buddies. Long story short they found us 2 months later 4 hours away. We went to our Aunt and Uncle's house. My Mom went to rehab; and got pregnant, 9 months later I had a little sister 3 years younger than me. I moved back in with my Mom. I had to take care of a Baby when I was 3 years old. I was changing diapers and making sure we had food at 3. There was one time I remember most of all. My little Sister; 1 at the time. Was so thirsty and I couldn't reach the sink so she got water out of the toilet. Imagine being so thirsty that you drink out of the toilet. But that was my normal. I knew nothing else. It was hard when I realized that Washington state rules that if you were adopted after 13 then you get your whole college paid. I was in a terrible situation for 9 years and the state making that age bracket after they gave off this “I wanna help all the kids succeed” motto is frustrating. The State says they care about foster kids and want to support them. They're supposed to take care of us but they only wanna protect their money. Did you know that only 32% of foster kids graduate high school? “Approximately 512,000 children were in foster care on the last day of 2006” which is the year I was born. That means out of 512,00 only 163,840 will graduate high school. “Less than 10% of foster youth pursue higher education. Only 3% will graduate with a four-year degree. Less than 0.5 -1% will graduate with a master's or higher” At most 15,360 kids will graduate college and 5,120 kids will get a master's or higher. With those odds against us, why try? I took a health class when I was a freshman. The teacher's name was Ms. Karkau. She showed me it's possible to break that cycle. It took me a while to realize want to pursue a career in psychology and eventually earn my Ph.D. to work with children and help them get their lives on track. I am eager to attend this college because I am passionate about making a difference. My goal is to care for and support the next generation as much as I can, so they can break their cycles and live the lives they desire, not the lives they were born into. Ultimately, I want to care for kids who were in my situation and help them know that people do care about them. I want to be in control. I want to make a difference in the world. I want to be an advocate for children who live lives like mine.

My name is Anna Camp. I will be the first person to graduate from high school from my family. I didn't have a typical childhood. My birth Mom had me and my twin when she was 19. Our birth Father was not dating my Mom. He was 54 years old. It was a drug transaction. I was in Foster Care for 9 years. My first memory was that my Twin Sister and I would always be alone. My Mom was asleep or gone. We knew that our Neighbor would give us food so we relied on her. When I was 2, I had to go into the system for the first time. My Mom wanted to get away so she gave us to one of her drug buddies. Long story short they found us 2 months later 4 hours away. We went to our Aunt and Uncle's house. My Mom went to rehab; and got pregnant, 9 months later I had a little sister 3 years younger than me. I moved back in with my Mom. I had to take care of a Baby when I was 3 years old. I was changing diapers and making sure we had food at 3. There was one time I remember most of all. My little Sister; 1 at the time. Was so thirsty and I couldn't reach the sink so she got water out of the toilet. Imagine being so thirsty that you drink out of the toilet. But that was my normal. I knew nothing else. It was hard when I realized that Washington state rules that if you were adopted after 13 then you get your whole college paid. I was in a terrible situation for 9 years and the state making that age bracket after they gave off this “I wanna help all the kids succeed” motto is frustrating. The State says they care about foster kids and want to support them. They're supposed to take care of us but they only wanna protect their money. Did you know that only 32% of foster kids graduate high school? “Approximately 512,000 children were in foster care on the last day of 2006” which is the year I was born. That means out of 512,00 only 163,840 will graduate high school. “Less than 10% of foster youth pursue higher education. Only 3% will graduate with a four-year degree. Less than 0.5 -1% will graduate with a master's or higher” At most 15,360 kids will graduate college and 5,120 kids will get a master's or higher. With those odds against us, why try? I took a health class when I was a freshman. The teacher's name was Ms. Karkau. She showed me it's possible to break that cycle. It took me a while to realize want to pursue a career in psychology and eventually earn my Ph.D. to work with children and help them get their lives on track. I am eager to attend this college because I am passionate about making a difference. My goal is to care for and support the next generation as much as I can, so they can break their cycles and live the lives they desire, not the lives they were born into. Ultimately, I want to care for kids who were in my situation and help them know that people do care about them. I want to be in control. I want to make a difference in the world. I want to be an advocate for children who live lives like mine.

My name is Anna Camp. I will be the first person to graduate from high school from my family. I didn't have a typical childhood. My birth Mom had me and my twin when she was 19. Our birth Father was not dating my Mom. He was 54 years old. It was a drug transaction. I was in Foster Care for 9 years. My first memory was that my Twin Sister and I would always be alone. My Mom was asleep or gone. We knew that our Neighbor would give us food so we relied on her. When I was 2, I had to go into the system for the first time. My Mom wanted to get away so she gave us to one of her drug buddies. Long story short they found us 2 months later 4 hours away. We went to our Aunt and Uncle's house. My Mom went to rehab; and got pregnant, 9 months later I had a little sister 3 years younger than me. I moved back in with my Mom. I had to take care of a Baby when I was 3 years old. I was changing diapers and making sure we had food at 3. There was one time I remember most of all. My little Sister; 1 at the time. Was so thirsty and I couldn't reach the sink so she got water out of the toilet. Imagine being so thirsty that you drink out of the toilet. But that was my normal. I knew nothing else. It was hard when I realized that Washington state rules that if you were adopted after 13 then you get your whole college paid. I was in a terrible situation for 9 years and the state making that age bracket after they gave off this “I wanna help all the kids succeed” motto is frustrating. The State says they care about foster kids and want to support them. They're supposed to take care of us but they only wanna protect their money. Did you know that only 32% of foster kids graduate high school? “Approximately 512,000 children were in foster care on the last day of 2006” which is the year I was born. That means out of 512,00 only 163,840 will graduate high school. “Less than 10% of foster youth pursue higher education. Only 3% will graduate with a four-year degree. Less than 0.5 -1% will graduate with a master's or higher” At most 15,360 kids will graduate college and 5,120 kids will get a master's or higher. With those odds against us, why try? I took a health class when I was a freshman. The teacher's name was Ms. Karkau. She showed me it's possible to break that cycle. It took me a while to realize want to pursue a career in psychology and eventually earn my Ph.D. to work with children and help them get their lives on track. I am eager to attend this college because I am passionate about making a difference. My goal is to care for and support the next generation as much as I can, so they can break their cycles and live the lives they desire, not the lives they were born into. Ultimately, I want to care for kids who were in my situation and help them know that people do care about them. I want to be in control. I want to make a difference in the world. I want to be an advocate for children who live lives like mine.

My name is Anna Camp. I will be the first person to graduate from high school from my family. I didn't have a typical childhood. My birth Mom had me and my twin when she was 19. Our birth Father was not dating my Mom. He was 54 years old. It was a drug transaction. I was in Foster Care for 9 years. My first memory was that my Twin Sister and I would always be alone. My Mom was asleep or gone. We knew that our Neighbor would give us food so we relied on her. When I was 2, I had to go into the system for the first time. My Mom wanted to get away so she gave us to one of her drug buddies. Long story short they found us 2 months later 4 hours away. We went to our Aunt and Uncle's house. My Mom went to rehab; and got pregnant, 9 months later I had a little sister 3 years younger than me. I moved back in with my Mom. I had to take care of a Baby when I was 3 years old. I was changing diapers and making sure we had food at 3. There was one time I remember most of all. My little Sister; 1 at the time. Was so thirsty and I couldn't reach the sink so she got water out of the toilet. Imagine being so thirsty that you drink out of the toilet. But that was my normal. I knew nothing else. It was hard when I realized that Washington state rules that if you were adopted after 13 then you get your whole college paid. I was in a terrible situation for 9 years and the state making that age bracket after they gave off this “I wanna help all the kids succeed” motto is frustrating. The State says they care about foster kids and want to support them. They're supposed to take care of us but they only wanna protect their money. Did you know that only 32% of foster kids graduate high school? “Approximately 512,000 children were in foster care on the last day of 2006” which is the year I was born. That means out of 512,00 only 163,840 will graduate high school. “Less than 10% of foster youth pursue higher education. Only 3% will graduate with a four-year degree. Less than 0.5 -1% will graduate with a master's or higher” At most 15,360 kids will graduate college and 5,120 kids will get a master's or higher. With those odds against us, why try? I took a health class when I was a freshman. The teacher's name was Ms. Karkau. She showed me it's possible to break that cycle. It took me a while to realize want to pursue a career in psychology and eventually earn my Ph.D. to work with children and help them get their lives on track. I am eager to attend this college because I am passionate about making a difference. My goal is to care for and support the next generation as much as I can, so they can break their cycles and live the lives they desire, not the lives they were born into. Ultimately, I want to care for kids who were in my situation and help them know that people do care about them. I want to be in control. I want to make a difference in the world. I want to be an advocate for children who live lives like mine.

My name is Anna Camp. I will be the first person to graduate from high school from my family. I didn't have a typical childhood. My birth Mom had me and my twin when she was 19. Our birth Father was not dating my Mom. He was 54 years old. It was a drug transaction. I was in Foster Care for 9 years. My first memory was that my Twin Sister and I would always be alone. My Mom was asleep or gone. We knew that our Neighbor would give us food so we relied on her. When I was 2, I had to go into the system for the first time. My Mom wanted to get away so she gave us to one of her drug buddies. Long story short they found us 2 months later 4 hours away. We went to our Aunt and Uncle's house. My Mom went to rehab; and got pregnant, 9 months later I had a little sister 3 years younger than me. I moved back in with my Mom. I had to take care of a Baby when I was 3 years old. I was changing diapers and making sure we had food at 3. There was one time I remember most of all. My little Sister; 1 at the time. Was so thirsty and I couldn't reach the sink so she got water out of the toilet. Imagine being so thirsty that you drink out of the toilet. But that was my normal. I knew nothing else. It was hard when I realized that Washington state rules that if you were adopted after 13 then you get your whole college paid. I was in a terrible situation for 9 years and the state making that age bracket after they gave off this “I wanna help all the kids succeed” motto is frustrating. The State says they care about foster kids and want to support them. They're supposed to take care of us but they only wanna protect their money. Did you know that only 32% of foster kids graduate high school? “Approximately 512,000 children were in foster care on the last day of 2006” which is the year I was born. That means out of 512,00 only 163,840 will graduate high school. “Less than 10% of foster youth pursue higher education. Only 3% will graduate with a four-year degree. Less than 0.5 -1% will graduate with a master's or higher” At most 15,360 kids will graduate college and 5,120 kids will get a master's or higher. With those odds against us, why try? I took a health class when I was a freshman. The teacher's name was Ms. Karkau. She showed me it's possible to break that cycle. It took me a while to realize want to pursue a career in psychology and eventually earn my Ph.D. to work with children and help them get their lives on track. I am eager to attend this college because I am passionate about making a difference. My goal is to care for and support the next generation as much as I can, so they can break their cycles and live the lives they desire, not the lives they were born into. Ultimately, I want to care for kids who were in my situation and help them know that people do care about them. I want to be in control. I want to make a difference in the world. I want to be an advocate for children who live lives like mine.

My name is Anna Camp. I will be the first person to graduate from high school from my family. I didn't have a typical childhood. My birth Mom had me and my twin when she was 19. Our birth Father was not dating my Mom. He was 54 years old. It was a drug transaction. I was in Foster Care for 9 years. My first memory was that my Twin Sister and I would always be alone. My Mom was asleep or gone. We knew that our Neighbor would give us food so we relied on her. When I was 2, I had to go into the system for the first time. My Mom wanted to get away so she gave us to one of her drug buddies. Long story short they found us 2 months later 4 hours away. We went to our Aunt and Uncle's house. My Mom went to rehab; and got pregnant, 9 months later I had a little sister 3 years younger than me. I moved back in with my Mom. I had to take care of a Baby when I was 3 years old. I was changing diapers and making sure we had food at 3. There was one time I remember most of all. My little Sister; 1 at the time. Was so thirsty and I couldn't reach the sink so she got water out of the toilet. Imagine being so thirsty that you drink out of the toilet. But that was my normal. I knew nothing else. It was hard when I realized that Washington state rules that if you were adopted after 13 then you get your whole college paid. I was in a terrible situation for 9 years and the state making that age bracket after they gave off this “I wanna help all the kids succeed” motto is frustrating. The State says they care about foster kids and want to support them. They're supposed to take care of us but they only wanna protect their money. Did you know that only 32% of foster kids graduate high school? “Approximately 512,000 children were in foster care on the last day of 2006” which is the year I was born. That means out of 512,00 only 163,840 will graduate high school. “Less than 10% of foster youth pursue higher education. Only 3% will graduate with a four-year degree. Less than 0.5 -1% will graduate with a master's or higher” At most 15,360 kids will graduate college and 5,120 kids will get a master's or higher. With those odds against us, why try? I took a health class when I was a freshman. The teacher's name was Ms. Karkau. She showed me it's possible to break that cycle. It took me a while to realize want to pursue a career in psychology and eventually earn my Ph.D. to work with children and help them get their lives on track. I am eager to attend this college because I am passionate about making a difference. My goal is to care for and support the next generation as much as I can, so they can break their cycles and live the lives they desire, not the lives they were born into. Ultimately, I want to care for kids who were in my situation and help them know that people do care about them. I want to be in control. I want to make a difference in the world. I want to be an advocate for children who live lives like mine.

My name is Anna Camp. I will be the first person to graduate from high school from my family. I didn't have a typical childhood. My birth Mom had me and my twin when she was 19. Our birth Father was not dating my Mom. He was 54 years old. It was a drug transaction. I was in Foster Care for 9 years. My first memory was that my Twin Sister and I would always be alone. My Mom was asleep or gone. We knew that our Neighbor would give us food so we relied on her. When I was 2, I had to go into the system for the first time. My Mom wanted to get away so she gave us to one of her drug buddies. Long story short they found us 2 months later 4 hours away. We went to our Aunt and Uncle's house. My Mom went to rehab; and got pregnant, 9 months later I had a little sister 3 years younger than me. I moved back in with my Mom. I had to take care of a Baby when I was 3 years old. I was changing diapers and making sure we had food at 3. There was one time I remember most of all. My little Sister; 1 at the time. Was so thirsty and I couldn't reach the sink so she got water out of the toilet. Imagine being so thirsty that you drink out of the toilet. But that was my normal. I knew nothing else. It was hard when I realized that Washington state rules that if you were adopted after 13 then you get your whole college paid. I was in a terrible situation for 9 years and the state making that age bracket after they gave off this “I wanna help all the kids succeed” motto is frustrating. The State says they care about foster kids and want to support them. They're supposed to take care of us but they only wanna protect their money. Did you know that only 32% of foster kids graduate high school? “Approximately 512,000 children were in foster care on the last day of 2006” which is the year I was born. That means out of 512,00 only 163,840 will graduate high school. “Less than 10% of foster youth pursue higher education. Only 3% will graduate with a four-year degree. Less than 0.5 -1% will graduate with a master's or higher” At most 15,360 kids will graduate college and 5,120 kids will get a master's or higher. With those odds against us, why try? I took a health class when I was a freshman. The teacher's name was Ms. Karkau. She showed me it's possible to break that cycle. It took me a while to realize that I wanted to pursue a career in psychology and eventually earn my Ph.D. to work with children and help them get their lives on track. I am eager to attend this college because I am passionate about making a difference. I aim to care for and support the next generation as much as I can, so they can break their cycles and live the lives they desire, not the lives they were born into. Ultimately, I want to care for kids in my situation and help them know that people care about them. I want to be in control. I want to make a difference in the world. I want to be an advocate for children who live lives like mine.

My name is Anna Camp. I will be the first person to graduate from high school from my family. I didn't have a typical childhood. My birth Mom had me and my twin when she was 19. Our birth Father was not dating my Mom. He was 54 years old. It was a drug transaction. I was in Foster Care for 9 years. My first memory was that my Twin Sister and I would always be alone. My Mom was asleep or gone. We knew that our Neighbor would give us food so we relied on her. When I was 2, I had to go into the system for the first time. My Mom wanted to get away so she gave us to one of her drug buddies. Long story short they found us 2 months later 4 hours away. We went to our Aunt and Uncle's house. My Mom went to rehab; and got pregnant, 9 months later I had a little sister 3 years younger than me. I moved back in with my Mom. I had to take care of a Baby when I was 3 years old. I was changing diapers and making sure we had food at 3. There was one time I remember most of all. My little Sister; 1 at the time. Was so thirsty and I couldn't reach the sink so she got water out of the toilet. Imagine being so thirsty that you drink out of the toilet. But that was my normal. I knew nothing else. It was hard when I realized that Washington state rules that if you were adopted after 13 then you get your whole college paid. I was in a terrible situation for 9 years and the state making that age bracket after they gave off this “I wanna help all the kids succeed” motto is frustrating. The State says they care about foster kids and want to support them. They're supposed to take care of us but they only wanna protect their money. Did you know that only 32% of foster kids graduate high school? “Approximately 512,000 children were in foster care on the last day of 2006” which is the year I was born. That means out of 512,00 only 163,840 will graduate high school. “Less than 10% of foster youth pursue higher education. Only 3% will graduate with a four-year degree. Less than 0.5 -1% will graduate with a master's or higher” At most 15,360 kids will graduate college and 5,120 kids will get a master's or higher. With those odds against us, why try? I took a health class when I was a freshman. The teacher's name was Ms. Karkau. She showed me it's possible to break that cycle. It took me a while to realize that I wanted to pursue a career in psychology and eventually earn my Ph.D. to work with children and help them get their lives on track. I am eager to attend this college because I am passionate about making a difference. I aim to care for and support the next generation as much as I can, so they can break their cycles and live the lives they desire, not the lives they were born into. Ultimately, I want to care for kids in my situation and help them know that people care about them. I want to be in control. I want to make a difference in the world. I want to be an advocate for children who live lives like mine.

My name is Anna Camp. I will be the first person to graduate from high school from my family. I didn't have a typical childhood. My birth Mom had me and my twin when she was 19. Our birth Father was not dating my Mom. He was 54 years old. It was a drug transaction. I was in Foster Care for 9 years. My first memory was that my Twin Sister and I would always be alone. My Mom was asleep or gone. We knew that our Neighbor would give us food so we relied on her. When I was 2, I had to go into the system for the first time. My Mom wanted to get away so she gave us to one of her drug buddies. Long story short they found us 2 months later 4 hours away. We went to our Aunt and Uncle's house. My Mom went to rehab; and got pregnant, 9 months later I had a little sister 3 years younger than me. I moved back in with my Mom. I had to take care of a Baby when I was 3 years old. I was changing diapers and making sure we had food at 3. There was one time I remember most of all. My little Sister; 1 at the time. Was so thirsty and I couldn't reach the sink so she got water out of the toilet. Imagine being so thirsty that you drink out of the toilet. But that was my normal. I knew nothing else. It was hard when I realized that Washington state rules that if you were adopted after 13 then you get your whole college paid. I was in a terrible situation for 9 years and the state making that age bracket after they gave off this “I wanna help all the kids succeed” motto is frustrating. The State says they care about foster kids and want to support them. They're supposed to take care of us but they only wanna protect their money. Did you know that only 32% of foster kids graduate high school? “Approximately 512,000 children were in foster care on the last day of 2006” which is the year I was born. That means out of 512,00 only 163,840 will graduate high school. “Less than 10% of foster youth pursue higher education. Only 3% will graduate with a four-year degree. Less than 0.5 -1% will graduate with a master's or higher” At most 15,360 kids will graduate college and 5,120 kids will get a master's or higher. With those odds against us, why try? I took a health class when I was a freshman. The teacher's name was Ms. Karkau. She showed me it's possible to break that cycle. It took me a while to realize that I wanted to pursue a career in psychology and eventually earn my Ph.D. to work with children and help them get their lives on track. I am eager to attend this college because I am passionate about making a difference. I aim to care for and support the next generation as much as I can, so they can break their cycles and live the lives they desire, not the lives they were born into. Ultimately, I want to care for kids in my situation and help them know that people care about them. I want to be in control. I want to make a difference in the world. I want to be an advocate for children who live lives like mine.

My name is Anna Camp. I will be the first person to graduate from high school from my family. I didn't have a typical childhood. My birth Mom had me and my twin when she was 19. Our birth Father was not dating my Mom. He was 54 years old. It was a drug transaction. I was in Foster Care for 9 years. My first memory was that my Twin Sister and I would always be alone. My Mom was asleep or gone. We knew that our Neighbor would give us food so we relied on her. When I was 2, I had to go into the system for the first time. My Mom wanted to get away so she gave us to one of her drug buddies. Long story short they found us 2 months later 4 hours away. We went to our Aunt and Uncle's house. My Mom went to rehab; and got pregnant, 9 months later I had a little sister 3 years younger than me. I moved back in with my Mom. I had to take care of a Baby when I was 3 years old. I was changing diapers and making sure we had food at 3. There was one time I remember most of all. My little Sister; 1 at the time. Was so thirsty and I couldn't reach the sink so she got water out of the toilet. Imagine being so thirsty that you drink out of the toilet. But that was my normal. I knew nothing else. It was hard when I realized that Washington state rules that if you were adopted after 13 then you get your whole college paid. I was in a terrible situation for 9 years and the state making that age bracket after they gave off this “I wanna help all the kids succeed” motto is frustrating. The State says they care about foster kids and want to support them. They're supposed to take care of us but they only wanna protect their money. Did you know that only 32% of foster kids graduate high school? “Approximately 512,000 children were in foster care on the last day of 2006” which is the year I was born. That means out of 512,00 only 163,840 will graduate high school. “Less than 10% of foster youth pursue higher education. Only 3% will graduate with a four-year degree. Less than 0.5 -1% will graduate with a master's or higher” At most 15,360 kids will graduate college and 5,120 kids will get a master's or higher. With those odds against us, why try? I took a health class when I was a freshman. The teacher's name was Ms. Karkau. She showed me it's possible to break that cycle. It took me a while to realize that I wanted to pursue a career in psychology and eventually earn my Ph.D. to work with children and help them get their lives on track. I am eager to attend this college because I am passionate about making a difference. I aim to care for and support the next generation as much as I can, so they can break their cycles and live the lives they desire, not the lives they were born into. Ultimately, I want to care for kids in my situation and help them know that people care about them. I want to be in control. I want to make a difference in the world. I want to be an advocate for children who live lives like mine.

My name is Anna Camp. I will be the first person to graduate from high school from my family. I didn't have a typical childhood. My birth Mom had me and my twin when she was 19. Our birth Father was not dating my Mom. He was 54 years old. It was a drug transaction. I was in Foster Care for 9 years. My first memory was that my Twin Sister and I would always be alone. My Mom was asleep or gone. We knew that our Neighbor would give us food so we relied on her. When I was 2, I had to go into the system for the first time. My Mom wanted to get away so she gave us to one of her drug buddies. Long story short they found us 2 months later 4 hours away. We went to our Aunt and Uncle's house. My Mom went to rehab; and got pregnant, 9 months later I had a little sister 3 years younger than me. I moved back in with my Mom. I had to take care of a Baby when I was 3 years old. I was changing diapers and making sure we had food at 3. There was one time I remember most of all. My little Sister; 1 at the time. Was so thirsty and I couldn't reach the sink so she got water out of the toilet. Imagine being so thirsty that you drink out of the toilet. But that was my normal. I knew nothing else. It was hard when I realized that Washington state rules that if you were adopted after 13 then you get your whole college paid. I was in a terrible situation for 9 years and the state making that age bracket after they gave off this “I wanna help all the kids succeed” motto is frustrating. The State says they care about foster kids and want to support them. They're supposed to take care of us but they only wanna protect their money. Did you know that only 32% of foster kids graduate high school? “Approximately 512,000 children were in foster care on the last day of 2006” which is the year I was born. That means out of 512,00 only 163,840 will graduate high school. “Less than 10% of foster youth pursue higher education. Only 3% will graduate with a four-year degree. Less than 0.5 -1% will graduate with a master's or higher” At most 15,360 kids will graduate college and 5,120 kids will get a master's or higher. With those odds against us, why try? I took a health class when I was a freshman. The teacher's name was Ms. Karkau. She showed me it's possible to break that cycle. It took me a while to realize that I wanted to pursue a career in psychology and eventually earn my Ph.D. to work with children and help them get their lives on track. I am eager to attend this college because I am passionate about making a difference. I aim to care for and support the next generation as much as I can, so they can break their cycles and live the lives they desire, not the lives they were born into. Ultimately, I want to care for kids in my situation and help them know that people care about them. I want to be in control. I want to make a difference in the world. I want to be an advocate for children who live lives like mine.

My name is Anna Camp. I will be the first person to graduate from high school from my family. I didn't have a typical childhood. My birth Mom had me and my twin when she was 19. Our birth Father was not dating my Mom. He was 54 years old. It was a drug transaction. I was in Foster Care for 9 years. My first memory was that my Twin Sister and I would always be alone. My Mom was asleep or gone. We knew that our Neighbor would give us food so we relied on her. When I was 2, I had to go into the system for the first time. My Mom wanted to get away so she gave us to one of her drug buddies. Long story short they found us 2 months later 4 hours away. We went to our Aunt and Uncle's house. My Mom went to rehab; and got pregnant, 9 months later I had a little sister 3 years younger than me. I moved back in with my Mom. I had to take care of a Baby when I was 3 years old. I was changing diapers and making sure we had food at 3. There was one time I remember most of all. My little Sister; 1 at the time. Was so thirsty and I couldn't reach the sink so she got water out of the toilet. Imagine being so thirsty that you drink out of the toilet. But that was my normal. I knew nothing else. It was hard when I realized that Washington state rules that if you were adopted after 13 then you get your whole college paid. I was in a terrible situation for 9 years and the state making that age bracket after they gave off this “I wanna help all the kids succeed” motto is frustrating. The State says they care about foster kids and want to support them. They're supposed to take care of us but they only wanna protect their money. Did you know that only 32% of foster kids graduate high school? “Approximately 512,000 children were in foster care on the last day of 2006” which is the year I was born. That means out of 512,00 only 163,840 will graduate high school. “Less than 10% of foster youth pursue higher education. Only 3% will graduate with a four-year degree. Less than 0.5 -1% will graduate with a master's or higher” At most 15,360 kids will graduate college and 5,120 kids will get a master's or higher. With those odds against us, why try? I took a health class when I was a freshman. The teacher's name was Ms. Karkau. She showed me it's possible to break that cycle. It took me a while to realize that I wanted to pursue a career in psychology and eventually earn my Ph.D. to work with children and help them get their lives on track. I am eager to attend this college because I am passionate about making a difference. I aim to care for and support the next generation as much as I can, so they can break their cycles and live the lives they desire, not the lives they were born into. Ultimately, I want to care for kids in my situation and help them know that people care about them. I want to be in control. I want to make a difference in the world. I want to be an advocate for children who live lives like mine.

My name is Anna Camp. I will be the first person to graduate from high school from my family. I didn't have a typical childhood. My birth Mom had me and my twin when she was 19. Our birth Father was not dating my Mom. He was 54 years old. It was a drug transaction. I was in Foster Care for 9 years. My first memory was that my Twin Sister and I would always be alone. My Mom was asleep or gone. We knew that our Neighbor would give us food so we relied on her. When I was 2, I had to go into the system for the first time. My Mom wanted to get away so she gave us to one of her drug buddies. Long story short they found us 2 months later 4 hours away. We went to our Aunt and Uncle's house. My Mom went to rehab; and got pregnant, 9 months later I had a little sister 3 years younger than me. I moved back in with my Mom. I had to take care of a Baby when I was 3 years old. I was changing diapers and making sure we had food at 3. There was one time I remember most of all. My little Sister; 1 at the time. Was so thirsty and I couldn't reach the sink so she got water out of the toilet. Imagine being so thirsty that you drink out of the toilet. But that was my normal. I knew nothing else. It was hard when I realized that Washington state rules that if you were adopted after 13 then you get your whole college paid. I was in a terrible situation for 9 years and the state making that age bracket after they gave off this “I wanna help all the kids succeed” motto is frustrating. The State says they care about foster kids and want to support them. They're supposed to take care of us but they only wanna protect their money. Did you know that only 32% of foster kids graduate high school? “Approximately 512,000 children were in foster care on the last day of 2006” which is the year I was born. That means out of 512,00 only 163,840 will graduate high school. “Less than 10% of foster youth pursue higher education. Only 3% will graduate with a four-year degree. Less than 0.5 -1% will graduate with a master's or higher” At most 15,360 kids will graduate college and 5,120 kids will get a master's or higher. With those odds against us, why try? I took a health class when I was a freshman. The teacher's name was Ms. Karkau. She showed me it's possible to break that cycle. It took me a while to realize that I wanted to pursue a career in psychology and eventually earn my Ph.D. to work with children and help them get their lives on track. I am eager to attend this college because I am passionate about making a difference. I aim to care for and support the next generation as much as I can, so they can break their cycles and live the lives they desire, not the lives they were born into. Ultimately, I want to care for kids in my situation and help them know that people care about them. I want to be in control. I want to make a difference in the world. I want to be an advocate for children who live lives like mine.

My name is Anna Camp. I will be the first person to graduate from high school from my family. I didn't have a typical childhood. My birth Mom had me and my twin when she was 19. Our birth Father was not dating my Mom. He was 54 years old. It was a drug transaction. I was in Foster Care for 9 years. My first memory was that my Twin Sister and I would always be alone. My Mom was asleep or gone. We knew that our Neighbor would give us food so we relied on her. When I was 2, I had to go into the system for the first time. My Mom wanted to get away so she gave us to one of her drug buddies. Long story short they found us 2 months later 4 hours away. We went to our Aunt and Uncle's house. My Mom went to rehab; and got pregnant, 9 months later I had a little sister 3 years younger than me. I moved back in with my Mom. I had to take care of a Baby when I was 3 years old. I was changing diapers and making sure we had food at 3. There was one time I remember most of all. My little Sister; 1 at the time. Was so thirsty and I couldn't reach the sink so she got water out of the toilet. Imagine being so thirsty that you drink out of the toilet. But that was my normal. I knew nothing else. It was hard when I realized that Washington state rules that if you were adopted after 13 then you get your whole college paid. I was in a terrible situation for 9 years and the state making that age bracket after they gave off this “I wanna help all the kids succeed” motto is frustrating. The State says they care about foster kids and want to support them. They're supposed to take care of us but they only wanna protect their money. Did you know that only 32% of foster kids graduate high school? “Approximately 512,000 children were in foster care on the last day of 2006” which is the year I was born. That means out of 512,00 only 163,840 will graduate high school. “Less than 10% of foster youth pursue higher education. Only 3% will graduate with a four-year degree. Less than 0.5 -1% will graduate with a master's or higher” At most 15,360 kids will graduate college and 5,120 kids will get a master's or higher. With those odds against us, why try? I took a health class when I was a freshman. The teacher's name was Ms. Karkau. She showed me it's possible to break that cycle. It took me a while to realize that I wanted to pursue a career in psychology and eventually earn my Ph.D. to work with children and help them get their lives on track. I am eager to attend this college because I am passionate about making a difference. I aim to care for and support the next generation as much as I can, so they can break their cycles and live the lives they desire, not the lives they were born into. Ultimately, I want to care for kids in my situation and help them know that people care about them. I want to be in control. I want to make a difference in the world. I want to be an advocate for children who live lives like mine.

My name is Anna Camp. I will be the first person to graduate from high school from my family. I didn't have a typical childhood. My birth Mom had me and my twin when she was 19. Our birth Father was not dating my Mom. He was 54 years old. It was a drug transaction. I was in Foster Care for 9 years. My first memory was that my Twin Sister and I would always be alone. My Mom was asleep or gone. We knew that our Neighbor would give us food so we relied on her. When I was 2, I had to go into the system for the first time. My Mom wanted to get away so she gave us to one of her drug buddies. Long story short they found us 2 months later 4 hours away. We went to our Aunt and Uncle's house. My Mom went to rehab; and got pregnant, 9 months later I had a little sister 3 years younger than me. I moved back in with my Mom. I had to take care of a Baby when I was 3 years old. I was changing diapers and making sure we had food at 3. There was one time I remember most of all. My little Sister; 1 at the time. Was so thirsty and I couldn't reach the sink so she got water out of the toilet. Imagine being so thirsty that you drink out of the toilet. But that was my normal. I knew nothing else. It was hard when I realized that Washington state rules that if you were adopted after 13 then you get your whole college paid. I was in a terrible situation for 9 years and the state making that age bracket after they gave off this “I wanna help all the kids succeed” motto is frustrating. The State says they care about foster kids and want to support them. They're supposed to take care of us but they only wanna protect their money. Did you know that only 32% of foster kids graduate high school? “Approximately 512,000 children were in foster care on the last day of 2006” which is the year I was born. That means out of 512,00 only 163,840 will graduate high school. “Less than 10% of foster youth pursue higher education. Only 3% will graduate with a four-year degree. Less than 0.5 -1% will graduate with a master's or higher” At most 15,360 kids will graduate college and 5,120 kids will get a master's or higher. With those odds against us, why try? I took a health class when I was a freshman. The teacher's name was Ms. Karkau. She showed me it's possible to break that cycle. It took me a while to realize that I wanted to pursue a career in psychology and eventually earn my Ph.D. to work with children and help them get their lives on track. I am eager to attend this college because I am passionate about making a difference. I aim to care for and support the next generation as much as I can, so they can break their cycles and live the lives they desire, not the lives they were born into. Ultimately, I want to care for kids in my situation and help them know that people care about them. I want to be in control. I want to make a difference in the world. I want to be an advocate for children who live lives like mine.

My name is Anna Camp. I will be the first person to graduate from high school from my family. I didn't have a typical childhood. My birth Mom had me and my twin when she was 19. Our birth Father was not dating my Mom. He was 54 years old. It was a drug transaction. I was in Foster Care for 9 years. My first memory was that my Twin Sister and I would always be alone. My Mom was asleep or gone. We knew that our Neighbor would give us food so we relied on her. When I was 2, I had to go into the system for the first time. My Mom wanted to get away so she gave us to one of her drug buddies. Long story short they found us 2 months later 4 hours away. We went to our Aunt and Uncle's house. My Mom went to rehab; and got pregnant, 9 months later I had a little sister 3 years younger than me. I moved back in with my Mom. I had to take care of a Baby when I was 3 years old. I was changing diapers and making sure we had food at 3. There was one time I remember most of all. My little Sister; 1 at the time. Was so thirsty and I couldn't reach the sink so she got water out of the toilet. Imagine being so thirsty that you drink out of the toilet. But that was my normal. I knew nothing else. It was hard when I realized that Washington state rules that if you were adopted after 13 then you get your whole college paid. I was in a terrible situation for 9 years and the state making that age bracket after they gave off this “I wanna help all the kids succeed” motto is frustrating. The State says they care about foster kids and want to support them. They're supposed to take care of us but they only wanna protect their money. Did you know that only 32% of foster kids graduate high school? “Approximately 512,000 children were in foster care on the last day of 2006” which is the year I was born. That means out of 512,00 only 163,840 will graduate high school. “Less than 10% of foster youth pursue higher education. Only 3% will graduate with a four-year degree. Less than 0.5 -1% will graduate with a master's or higher” At most 15,360 kids will graduate college and 5,120 kids will get a master's or higher. With those odds against us, why try? I took a health class when I was a freshman. The teacher's name was Ms. Karkau. She showed me it's possible to break that cycle. It took me a while to realize that I wanted to pursue a career in psychology and eventually earn my Ph.D. to work with children and help them get their lives on track. I am eager to attend this college because I am passionate about making a difference. I aim to care for and support the next generation as much as I can, so they can break their cycles and live the lives they desire, not the lives they were born into. Ultimately, I want to care for kids in my situation and help them know that people care about them. I want to be in control. I want to make a difference in the world. I want to be an advocate for children who live lives like mine.

My name is Anna Camp. I will be the first person to graduate from high school from my family. I didn't have a typical childhood. My birth Mom had me and my twin when she was 19. Our birth Father was not dating my Mom. He was 54 years old. It was a drug transaction. I was in Foster Care for 9 years. My first memory was that my Twin Sister and I would always be alone. My Mom was asleep or gone. We knew that our Neighbor would give us food so we relied on her. When I was 2, I had to go into the system for the first time. My Mom wanted to get away so she gave us to one of her drug buddies. Long story short they found us 2 months later 4 hours away. We went to our Aunt and Uncle's house. My Mom went to rehab; and got pregnant, 9 months later I had a little sister 3 years younger than me. I moved back in with my Mom. I had to take care of a Baby when I was 3 years old. I was changing diapers and making sure we had food at 3. There was one time I remember most of all. My little Sister; 1 at the time. Was so thirsty and I couldn't reach the sink so she got water out of the toilet. Imagine being so thirsty that you drink out of the toilet. But that was my normal. I knew nothing else. It was hard when I realized that Washington state rules that if you were adopted after 13 then you get your whole college paid. I was in a terrible situation for 9 years and the state making that age bracket after they gave off this “I wanna help all the kids succeed” motto is frustrating. The State says they care about foster kids and want to support them. They're supposed to take care of us but they only wanna protect their money. Did you know that only 32% of foster kids graduate high school? “Approximately 512,000 children were in foster care on the last day of 2006” which is the year I was born. That means out of 512,00 only 163,840 will graduate high school. “Less than 10% of foster youth pursue higher education. Only 3% will graduate with a four-year degree. Less than 0.5 -1% will graduate with a master's or higher” At most 15,360 kids will graduate college and 5,120 kids will get a master's or higher. With those odds against us, why try? I took a health class when I was a freshman. The teacher's name was Ms. Karkau. She showed me it's possible to break that cycle. It took me a while to realize that I wanted to pursue a career in psychology and eventually earn my Ph.D. to work with children and help them get their lives on track. I am eager to attend this college because I am passionate about making a difference. I aim to care for and support the next generation as much as I can, so they can break their cycles and live the lives they desire, not the lives they were born into. Ultimately, I want to care for kids in my situation and help them know that people care about them. I want to be in control. I want to make a difference in the world. I want to be an advocate for children who live lives like mine.

My name is Anna Camp. I will be the first person to graduate from high school from my family. I didn't have a typical childhood. My birth Mom had me and my twin when she was 19. Our birth Father was not dating my Mom. He was 54 years old. It was a drug transaction. I was in Foster Care for 9 years. My first memory was that my Twin Sister and I would always be alone. My Mom was asleep or gone. We knew that our Neighbor would give us food so we relied on her. When I was 2, I had to go into the system for the first time. My Mom wanted to get away so she gave us to one of her drug buddies. Long story short they found us 2 months later 4 hours away. We went to our Aunt and Uncle's house. My Mom went to rehab; and got pregnant, 9 months later I had a little sister 3 years younger than me. I moved back in with my Mom. I had to take care of a Baby when I was 3 years old. I was changing diapers and making sure we had food at 3. There was one time I remember most of all. My little Sister; 1 at the time. Was so thirsty and I couldn't reach the sink so she got water out of the toilet. Imagine being so thirsty that you drink out of the toilet. But that was my normal. I knew nothing else. It was hard when I realized that Washington state rules that if you were adopted after 13 then you get your whole college paid. I was in a terrible situation for 9 years and the state making that age bracket after they gave off this “I wanna help all the kids succeed” motto is frustrating. The State says they care about foster kids and want to support them. They're supposed to take care of us but they only wanna protect their money. Did you know that only 32% of foster kids graduate high school? “Approximately 512,000 children were in foster care on the last day of 2006” which is the year I was born. That means out of 512,00 only 163,840 will graduate high school. “Less than 10% of foster youth pursue higher education. Only 3% will graduate with a four-year degree. Less than 0.5 -1% will graduate with a master's or higher” At most 15,360 kids will graduate college and 5,120 kids will get a master's or higher. With those odds against us, why try? I took a health class when I was a freshman. The teacher's name was Ms. Karkau. She showed me it's possible to break that cycle. It took me a while to realize that I wanted to pursue a career in psychology and eventually earn my Ph.D. to work with children and help them get their lives on track. I am eager to attend this college because I am passionate about making a difference. I aim to care for and support the next generation as much as I can, so they can break their cycles and live the lives they desire, not the lives they were born into. Ultimately, I want to care for kids in my situation and help them know that people care about them. I want to be in control. I want to make a difference in the world. I want to be an advocate for children who live lives like mine.

My name is Anna Camp. I will be the first person to graduate from high school from my family. I didn't have a typical childhood. My birth Mom had me and my twin when she was 19. Our birth Father was not dating my Mom. He was 54 years old. It was a drug transaction. I was in Foster Care for 9 years. My first memory was that my Twin Sister and I would always be alone. My Mom was asleep or gone. We knew that our Neighbor would give us food so we relied on her. When I was 2, I had to go into the system for the first time. My Mom wanted to get away so she gave us to one of her drug buddies. Long story short they found us 2 months later 4 hours away. We went to our Aunt and Uncle's house. My Mom went to rehab; and got pregnant, 9 months later I had a little sister 3 years younger than me. I moved back in with my Mom. I had to take care of a Baby when I was 3 years old. I was changing diapers and making sure we had food at 3. There was one time I remember most of all. My little Sister; 1 at the time. Was so thirsty and I couldn't reach the sink so she got water out of the toilet. Imagine being so thirsty that you drink out of the toilet. But that was my normal. I knew nothing else. It was hard when I realized that Washington state rules that if you were adopted after 13 then you get your whole college paid. I was in a terrible situation for 9 years and the state making that age bracket after they gave off this “I wanna help all the kids succeed” motto is frustrating. The State says they care about foster kids and want to support them. They're supposed to take care of us but they only wanna protect their money. Did you know that only 32% of foster kids graduate high school? “Approximately 512,000 children were in foster care on the last day of 2006” which is the year I was born. That means out of 512,00 only 163,840 will graduate high school. “Less than 10% of foster youth pursue higher education. Only 3% will graduate with a four-year degree. Less than 0.5 -1% will graduate with a master's or higher” At most 15,360 kids will graduate college and 5,120 kids will get a master's or higher. With those odds against us, why try? I took a health class when I was a freshman. The teacher's name was Ms. Karkau. She showed me it's possible to break that cycle. It took me a while to realize that I wanted to pursue a career in psychology and eventually earn my Ph.D. to work with children and help them get their lives on track. I am eager to attend this college because I am passionate about making a difference. I aim to care for and support the next generation as much as I can, so they can break their cycles and live the lives they desire, not the lives they were born into. Ultimately, I want to care for kids in my situation and help them know that people care about them. I want to be in control. I want to make a difference in the world. I want to be an advocate for children who live lives like mine.

My name is Anna Camp. I will be the first person to graduate from high school from my family. I didn't have a typical childhood. My birth Mom had me and my twin when she was 19. Our birth Father was not dating my Mom. He was 54 years old. It was a drug transaction. I was in Foster Care for 9 years. My first memory was that my Twin Sister and I would always be alone. My Mom was asleep or gone. We knew that our Neighbor would give us food so we relied on her. When I was 2, I had to go into the system for the first time. My Mom wanted to get away so she gave us to one of her drug buddies. Long story short they found us 2 months later 4 hours away. We went to our Aunt and Uncle's house. My Mom went to rehab; and got pregnant, 9 months later I had a little sister 3 years younger than me. I moved back in with my Mom. I had to take care of a Baby when I was 3 years old. I was changing diapers and making sure we had food at 3. There was one time I remember most of all. My little Sister; 1 at the time. Was so thirsty and I couldn't reach the sink so she got water out of the toilet. Imagine being so thirsty that you drink out of the toilet. But that was my normal. I knew nothing else. It was hard when I realized that Washington state rules that if you were adopted after 13 then you get your whole college paid. I was in a terrible situation for 9 years and the state making that age bracket after they gave off this “I wanna help all the kids succeed” motto is frustrating. The State says they care about foster kids and want to support them. They're supposed to take care of us but they only wanna protect their money. Did you know that only 32% of foster kids graduate high school? “Approximately 512,000 children were in foster care on the last day of 2006” which is the year I was born. That means out of 512,00 only 163,840 will graduate high school. “Less than 10% of foster youth pursue higher education. Only 3% will graduate with a four-year degree. Less than 0.5 -1% will graduate with a master's or higher” At most 15,360 kids will graduate college and 5,120 kids will get a master's or higher. With those odds against us, why try? I took a health class when I was a freshman. The teacher's name was Ms. Karkau. She showed me it's possible to break that cycle. It took me a while to realize that I wanted to pursue a career in psychology and eventually earn my Ph.D. to work with children and help them get their lives on track. I am eager to attend this college because I am passionate about making a difference. I aim to care for and support the next generation as much as I can, so they can break their cycles and live the lives they desire, not the lives they were born into. Ultimately, I want to care for kids in my situation and help them know that people care about them. I want to be in control. I want to make a difference in the world. I want to be an advocate for children who live lives like mine.

My name is Anna Camp. I will be the first person to graduate from high school from my family. I didn't have a typical childhood. My birth Mom had me and my twin when she was 19. Our birth Father was not dating my Mom. He was 54 years old. It was a drug transaction. I was in Foster Care for 9 years. My first memory was that my Twin Sister and I would always be alone. My Mom was asleep or gone. We knew that our Neighbor would give us food so we relied on her. When I was 2, I had to go into the system for the first time. My Mom wanted to get away so she gave us to one of her drug buddies. Long story short they found us 2 months later 4 hours away. We went to our Aunt and Uncle's house. My Mom went to rehab; and got pregnant, 9 months later I had a little sister 3 years younger than me. I moved back in with my Mom. I had to take care of a Baby when I was 3 years old. I was changing diapers and making sure we had food at 3. There was one time I remember most of all. My little Sister; 1 at the time. Was so thirsty and I couldn't reach the sink so she got water out of the toilet. Imagine being so thirsty that you drink out of the toilet. But that was my normal. I knew nothing else. It was hard when I realized that Washington state rules that if you were adopted after 13 then you get your whole college paid. I was in a terrible situation for 9 years and the state making that age bracket after they gave off this “I wanna help all the kids succeed” motto is frustrating. The State says they care about foster kids and want to support them. They're supposed to take care of us but they only wanna protect their money. Did you know that only 32% of foster kids graduate high school? “Approximately 512,000 children were in foster care on the last day of 2006” which is the year I was born. That means out of 512,00 only 163,840 will graduate high school. “Less than 10% of foster youth pursue higher education. Only 3% will graduate with a four-year degree. Less than 0.5 -1% will graduate with a master's or higher” At most 15,360 kids will graduate college and 5,120 kids will get a master's or higher. With those odds against us, why try? I took a health class when I was a freshman. The teacher's name was Ms. Karkau. She showed me it's possible to break that cycle. It took me a while to realize want to pursue a career in psychology and eventually earn my Ph.D. to work with children and help them get their lives on track. I am eager to attend this college because I am passionate about making a difference. I aim to care for and support the next generation as much as I can, so they can break their cycles and live the lives they desire, not the lives they were born into. Ultimately, I want to care for kids in my situation and help them know that people care about them. I want to be in control. I want to make a difference in the world. I want to be an advocate for children who live lives like mine.

My name is Anna Camp. I will be the first person to graduate from high school from my family. I didn't have a typical childhood. My birth Mom had me and my twin when she was 19. Our birth Father was not dating my Mom. He was 54 years old. It was a drug transaction. I was in Foster Care for 9 years. My first memory was that my Twin Sister and I would always be alone. My Mom was asleep or gone. We knew that our Neighbor would give us food so we relied on her. When I was 2, I had to go into the system for the first time. My Mom wanted to get away so she gave us to one of her drug buddies. Long story short they found us 2 months later 4 hours away. We went to our Aunt and Uncle's house. My Mom went to rehab; and got pregnant, 9 months later I had a little sister 3 years younger than me. I moved back in with my Mom. I had to take care of a Baby when I was 3 years old. I was changing diapers and making sure we had food at 3. There was one time I remember most of all. My little Sister; 1 at the time. Was so thirsty and I couldn't reach the sink so she got water out of the toilet. Imagine being so thirsty that you drink out of the toilet. But that was my normal. I knew nothing else. It was hard when I realized that Washington state rules that if you were adopted after 13 then you get your whole college paid. I was in a terrible situation for 9 years and the state making that age bracket after they gave off this “I wanna help all the kids succeed” motto is frustrating. The State says they care about foster kids and want to support them. They're supposed to take care of us but they only wanna protect their money. Did you know that only 32% of foster kids graduate high school? “Approximately 512,000 children were in foster care on the last day of 2006” which is the year I was born. That means out of 512,00 only 163,840 will graduate high school. “Less than 10% of foster youth pursue higher education. Only 3% will graduate with a four-year degree. Less than 0.5 -1% will graduate with a master's or higher” At most 15,360 kids will graduate college and 5,120 kids will get a master's or higher. With those odds against us, why try? I took a health class when I was a freshman. The teacher's name was Ms. Karkau. She showed me it's possible to break that cycle. It took me a while to realize want to pursue a career in psychology and eventually earn my Ph.D. to work with children and help them get their lives on track. I am eager to attend this college because I am passionate about making a difference. I aim to care for and support the next generation as much as I can, so they can break their cycles and live the lives they desire, not the lives they were born into. Ultimately, I want to care for kids in my situation and help them know that people care about them. I want to be in control. I want to make a difference in the world. I want to be an advocate for children who live lives like mine.

My name is Anna Camp. I will be the first person to graduate from high school from my family. I didn't have a typical childhood. My birth Mom had me and my twin when she was 19. Our birth Father was not dating my Mom. He was 54 years old. It was a drug transaction. I was in Foster Care for 9 years. My first memory was that my Twin Sister and I would always be alone. My Mom was asleep or gone. We knew that our Neighbor would give us food so we relied on her. When I was 2, I had to go into the system for the first time. My Mom wanted to get away so she gave us to one of her drug buddies. Long story short they found us 2 months later 4 hours away. We went to our Aunt and Uncle's house. My Mom went to rehab; and got pregnant, 9 months later I had a little sister 3 years younger than me. I moved back in with my Mom. I had to take care of a Baby when I was 3 years old. I was changing diapers and making sure we had food at 3. There was one time I remember most of all. My little Sister; 1 at the time. Was so thirsty and I couldn't reach the sink so she got water out of the toilet. Imagine being so thirsty that you drink out of the toilet. But that was my normal. I knew nothing else. It was hard when I realized that Washington state rules that if you were adopted after 13 then you get your whole college paid. I was in a terrible situation for 9 years and the state making that age bracket after they gave off this “I wanna help all the kids succeed” motto is frustrating. The State says they care about foster kids and want to support them. They're supposed to take care of us but they only wanna protect their money. Did you know that only 32% of foster kids graduate high school? “Approximately 512,000 children were in foster care on the last day of 2006” which is the year I was born. That means out of 512,00 only 163,840 will graduate high school. “Less than 10% of foster youth pursue higher education. Only 3% will graduate with a four-year degree. Less than 0.5 -1% will graduate with a master's or higher” At most 15,360 kids will graduate college and 5,120 kids will get a master's or higher. With those odds against us, why try? I took a health class when I was a freshman. The teacher's name was Ms. Karkau. She showed me it's possible to break that cycle. It took me a while to realize want to pursue a career in psychology and eventually earn my Ph.D. to work with children and help them get their lives on track. I am eager to attend this college because I am passionate about making a difference. I aim to care for and support the next generation as much as I can, so they can break their cycles and live the lives they desire, not the lives they were born into. Ultimately, I want to care for kids in my situation and help them know that people care about them. I want to be in control. I want to make a difference in the world. I want to be an advocate for children who live lives like mine.

My name is Anna Camp. I will be the first person to graduate from high school from my family. I didn't have a typical childhood. My birth Mom had me and my twin when she was 19. Our birth Father was not dating my Mom. He was 54 years old. It was a drug transaction. I was in Foster Care for 9 years. My first memory was that my Twin Sister and I would always be alone. My Mom was asleep or gone. We knew that our Neighbor would give us food so we relied on her. When I was 2, I had to go into the system for the first time. My Mom wanted to get away so she gave us to one of her drug buddies. Long story short they found us 2 months later 4 hours away. We went to our Aunt and Uncle's house. My Mom went to rehab; and got pregnant, 9 months later I had a little sister 3 years younger than me. I moved back in with my Mom. I had to take care of a Baby when I was 3 years old. I was changing diapers and making sure we had food at 3. There was one time I remember most of all. My little Sister; 1 at the time. Was so thirsty and I couldn't reach the sink so she got water out of the toilet. Imagine being so thirsty that you drink out of the toilet. But that was my normal. I knew nothing else. It was hard when I realized that Washington state rules that if you were adopted after 13 then you get your whole college paid. I was in a terrible situation for 9 years and the state making that age bracket after they gave off this “I wanna help all the kids succeed” motto is frustrating. The State says they care about foster kids and want to support them. They're supposed to take care of us but they only wanna protect their money. Did you know that only 32% of foster kids graduate high school? “Approximately 512,000 children were in foster care on the last day of 2006” which is the year I was born. That means out of 512,00 only 163,840 will graduate high school. “Less than 10% of foster youth pursue higher education. Only 3% will graduate with a four-year degree. Less than 0.5 -1% will graduate with a master's or higher” At most 15,360 kids will graduate college and 5,120 kids will get a master's or higher. With those odds against us, why try? I took a health class when I was a freshman. The teacher's name was Ms. Karkau. She showed me it's possible to break that cycle. It took me a while to realize want to pursue a career in psychology and eventually earn my Ph.D. to work with children and help them get their lives on track. I am eager to attend this college because I am passionate about making a difference. I aim to care for and support the next generation as much as I can, so they can break their cycles and live the lives they desire, not the lives they were born into. Ultimately, I want to care for kids in my situation and help them know that people care about them. I want to be in control. I want to make a difference in the world. I want to be an advocate for children who live lives like mine.

My name is Anna Camp. I will be the first person to graduate from high school from my family. I didn't have a typical childhood. My birth Mom had me and my twin when she was 19. Our birth Father was not dating my Mom. He was 54 years old. It was a drug transaction. I was in Foster Care for 9 years. My first memory was that my Twin Sister and I would always be alone. My Mom was asleep or gone. We knew that our Neighbor would give us food so we relied on her. When I was 2, I had to go into the system for the first time. My Mom wanted to get away so she gave us to one of her drug buddies. Long story short they found us 2 months later 4 hours away. We went to our Aunt and Uncle's house. My Mom went to rehab; and got pregnant, 9 months later I had a little sister 3 years younger than me. I moved back in with my Mom. I had to take care of a Baby when I was 3 years old. I was changing diapers and making sure we had food at 3. There was one time I remember most of all. My little Sister; 1 at the time. Was so thirsty and I couldn't reach the sink so she got water out of the toilet. Imagine being so thirsty that you drink out of the toilet. But that was my normal. I knew nothing else. It was hard when I realized that Washington state rules that if you were adopted after 13 then you get your whole college paid. I was in a terrible situation for 9 years and the state making that age bracket after they gave off this “I wanna help all the kids succeed” motto is frustrating. The State says they care about foster kids and want to support them. They're supposed to take care of us but they only wanna protect their money. Did you know that only 32% of foster kids graduate high school? “Approximately 512,000 children were in foster care on the last day of 2006” which is the year I was born. That means out of 512,00 only 163,840 will graduate high school. “Less than 10% of foster youth pursue higher education. Only 3% will graduate with a four-year degree. Less than 0.5 -1% will graduate with a master's or higher” At most 15,360 kids will graduate college and 5,120 kids will get a master's or higher. With those odds against us, why try? I took a health class when I was a freshman. The teacher's name was Ms. Karkau. She showed me it's possible to break that cycle. It took me a while to realize want to pursue a career in psychology and eventually earn my Ph.D. to work with children and help them get their lives on track. I am eager to attend this college because I am passionate about making a difference. I aim to care for and support the next generation as much as I can, so they can break their cycles and live the lives they desire, not the lives they were born into. Ultimately, I want to care for kids in my situation and help them know that people care about them. I want to be in control. I want to make a difference in the world. I want to be an advocate for children who live lives like mine.

My name is Anna Camp. I will be the first person to graduate from high school from my family. I didn't have a typical childhood. My birth Mom had me and my twin when she was 19. Our birth Father was not dating my Mom. He was 54 years old. It was a drug transaction. I was in Foster Care for 9 years. My first memory was that my Twin Sister and I would always be alone. My Mom was asleep or gone. We knew that our Neighbor would give us food so we relied on her. When I was 2, I had to go into the system for the first time. My Mom wanted to get away so she gave us to one of her drug buddies. Long story short they found us 2 months later 4 hours away. We went to our Aunt and Uncle's house. My Mom went to rehab; and got pregnant, 9 months later I had a little sister 3 years younger than me. I moved back in with my Mom. I had to take care of a Baby when I was 3 years old. I was changing diapers and making sure we had food at 3. There was one time I remember most of all. My little Sister; 1 at the time. Was so thirsty and I couldn't reach the sink so she got water out of the toilet. Imagine being so thirsty that you drink out of the toilet. But that was my normal. I knew nothing else. It was hard when I realized that Washington state rules that if you were adopted after 13 then you get your whole college paid. I was in a terrible situation for 9 years and the state making that age bracket after they gave off this “I wanna help all the kids succeed” motto is frustrating. The State says they care about foster kids and want to support them. They're supposed to take care of us but they only wanna protect their money. Did you know that only 32% of foster kids graduate high school? “Approximately 512,000 children were in foster care on the last day of 2006” which is the year I was born. That means out of 512,00 only 163,840 will graduate high school. “Less than 10% of foster youth pursue higher education. Only 3% will graduate with a four-year degree. Less than 0.5 -1% will graduate with a master's or higher” At most 15,360 kids will graduate college and 5,120 kids will get a master's or higher. With those odds against us, why try? I took a health class when I was a freshman. The teacher's name was Ms. Karkau. She showed me it's possible to break that cycle. It took me a while to realize want to pursue a career in psychology and eventually earn my Ph.D. to work with children and help them get their lives on track. I am eager to attend this college because I am passionate about making a difference. I aim to care for and support the next generation as much as I can, so they can break their cycles and live the lives they desire, not the lives they were born into. Ultimately, I want to care for kids in my situation and help them know that people care about them. I want to be in control. I want to make a difference in the world. I want to be an advocate for children who live lives like mine.

My name is Anna Camp. I will be the first person to graduate from high school from my family. I didn't have a typical childhood. My birth Mom had me and my twin when she was 19. Our birth Father was not dating my Mom. He was 54 years old. It was a drug transaction. I was in Foster Care for 9 years. My first memory was that my Twin Sister and I would always be alone. My Mom was asleep or gone. We knew that our Neighbor would give us food so we relied on her. When I was 2, I had to go into the system for the first time. My Mom wanted to get away so she gave us to one of her drug buddies. Long story short they found us 2 months later 4 hours away. We went to our Aunt and Uncle's house. My Mom went to rehab; and got pregnant, 9 months later I had a little sister 3 years younger than me. I moved back in with my Mom. I had to take care of a Baby when I was 3 years old. I was changing diapers and making sure we had food at 3. There was one time I remember most of all. My little Sister; 1 at the time. Was so thirsty and I couldn't reach the sink so she got water out of the toilet. Imagine being so thirsty that you drink out of the toilet. But that was my normal. I knew nothing else. It was hard when I realized that Washington state rules that if you were adopted after 13 then you get your whole college paid. I was in a terrible situation for 9 years and the state making that age bracket after they gave off this “I wanna help all the kids succeed” motto is frustrating. The State says they care about foster kids and want to support them. They're supposed to take care of us but they only wanna protect their money. Did you know that only 32% of foster kids graduate high school? “Approximately 512,000 children were in foster care on the last day of 2006” which is the year I was born. That means out of 512,00 only 163,840 will graduate high school. “Less than 10% of foster youth pursue higher education. Only 3% will graduate with a four-year degree. Less than 0.5 -1% will graduate with a master's or higher” At most 15,360 kids will graduate college and 5,120 kids will get a master's or higher. With those odds against us, why try? I took a health class when I was a freshman. The teacher's name was Ms. Karkau. She showed me it's possible to break that cycle. It took me a while to realize want to pursue a career in psychology and eventually earn my Ph.D. to work with children and help them get their lives on track. I am eager to attend this college because I am passionate about making a difference. I aim to care for and support the next generation as much as I can, so they can break their cycles and live the lives they desire, not the lives they were born into. Ultimately, I want to care for kids in my situation and help them know that people care about them. I want to be in control. I want to make a difference in the world. I want to be an advocate for children who live lives like mine.

My name is Anna Camp. I will be the first person to graduate from high school from my family. I didn't have a typical childhood. My birth Mom had me and my twin when she was 19. Our birth Father was not dating my Mom. He was 54 years old. It was a drug transaction. I was in Foster Care for 9 years. My first memory was that my Twin Sister and I would always be alone. My Mom was asleep or gone. We knew that our Neighbor would give us food so we relied on her. When I was 2, I had to go into the system for the first time. My Mom wanted to get away so she gave us to one of her drug buddies. Long story short they found us 2 months later 4 hours away. We went to our Aunt and Uncle's house. My Mom went to rehab; and got pregnant, 9 months later I had a little sister 3 years younger than me. I moved back in with my Mom. I had to take care of a Baby when I was 3 years old. I was changing diapers and making sure we had food at 3. There was one time I remember most of all. My little Sister; 1 at the time. Was so thirsty and I couldn't reach the sink so she got water out of the toilet. Imagine being so thirsty that you drink out of the toilet. But that was my normal. I knew nothing else. It was hard when I realized that Washington state rules that if you were adopted after 13 then you get your whole college paid. I was in a terrible situation for 9 years and the state making that age bracket after they gave off this “I wanna help all the kids succeed” motto is frustrating. The State says they care about foster kids and want to support them. They're supposed to take care of us but they only wanna protect their money. Did you know that only 32% of foster kids graduate high school? “Approximately 512,000 children were in foster care on the last day of 2006” which is the year I was born. That means out of 512,00 only 163,840 will graduate high school. “Less than 10% of foster youth pursue higher education. Only 3% will graduate with a four-year degree. Less than 0.5 -1% will graduate with a master's or higher” At most 15,360 kids will graduate college and 5,120 kids will get a master's or higher. With those odds against us, why try? I took a health class when I was a freshman. The teacher's name was Ms. Karkau. She showed me it's possible to break that cycle. It took me a while to realize want to pursue a career in psychology and eventually earn my Ph.D. to work with children and help them get their lives on track. I am eager to attend this college because I am passionate about making a difference. I aim to care for and support the next generation as much as I can, so they can break their cycles and live the lives they desire, not the lives they were born into. Ultimately, I want to care for kids in my situation and help them know that people care about them. I want to be in control. I want to make a difference in the world. I want to be an advocate for children who live lives like mine.

My name is Anna Camp. I will be the first person to graduate from high school from my family. I didn't have a typical childhood. My birth Mom had me and my twin when she was 19. Our birth Father was not dating my Mom. He was 54 years old. It was a drug transaction. I was in Foster Care for 9 years. My first memory was that my Twin Sister and I would always be alone. My Mom was asleep or gone. We knew that our Neighbor would give us food so we relied on her. When I was 2, I had to go into the system for the first time. My Mom wanted to get away so she gave us to one of her drug buddies. Long story short they found us 2 months later 4 hours away. We went to our Aunt and Uncle's house. My Mom went to rehab; and got pregnant, 9 months later I had a little sister 3 years younger than me. I moved back in with my Mom. I had to take care of a Baby when I was 3 years old. I was changing diapers and making sure we had food at 3. There was one time I remember most of all. My little Sister; 1 at the time. Was so thirsty and I couldn't reach the sink so she got water out of the toilet. Imagine being so thirsty that you drink out of the toilet. But that was my normal. I knew nothing else. It was hard when I realized that Washington state rules that if you were adopted after 13 then you get your whole college paid. I was in a terrible situation for 9 years and the state making that age bracket after they gave off this “I wanna help all the kids succeed” motto is frustrating. The State says they care about foster kids and want to support them. They're supposed to take care of us but they only wanna protect their money. Did you know that only 32% of foster kids graduate high school? “Approximately 512,000 children were in foster care on the last day of 2006” which is the year I was born. That means out of 512,00 only 163,840 will graduate high school. “Less than 10% of foster youth pursue higher education. Only 3% will graduate with a four-year degree. Less than 0.5 -1% will graduate with a master's or higher” At most 15,360 kids will graduate college and 5,120 kids will get a master's or higher. With those odds against us, why try? I took a health class when I was a freshman. The teacher's name was Ms. Karkau. She showed me it's possible to break that cycle. It took me a while to realize want to pursue a career in psychology and eventually earn my Ph.D. to work with children and help them get their lives on track. I am eager to attend this college because I am passionate about making a difference. I aim to care for and support the next generation as much as I can, so they can break their cycles and live the lives they desire, not the lives they were born into. Ultimately, I want to care for kids in my situation and help them know that people care about them. I want to be in control. I want to make a difference in the world. I want to be an advocate for children who live lives like mine.

My name is Anna Camp. I will be the first person to graduate from high school from my family. I didn't have a typical childhood. My birth Mom had me and my twin when she was 19. Our birth Father was not dating my Mom. He was 54 years old. It was a drug transaction. I was in Foster Care for 9 years. My first memory was that my Twin Sister and I would always be alone. My Mom was asleep or gone. We knew that our Neighbor would give us food so we relied on her. When I was 2, I had to go into the system for the first time. My Mom wanted to get away so she gave us to one of her drug buddies. Long story short they found us 2 months later 4 hours away. We went to our Aunt and Uncle's house. My Mom went to rehab; and got pregnant, 9 months later I had a little sister 3 years younger than me. I moved back in with my Mom. I had to take care of a Baby when I was 3 years old. I was changing diapers and making sure we had food at 3. There was one time I remember most of all. My little Sister; 1 at the time. Was so thirsty and I couldn't reach the sink so she got water out of the toilet. Imagine being so thirsty that you drink out of the toilet. But that was my normal. I knew nothing else. It was hard when I realized that Washington state rules that if you were adopted after 13 then you get your whole college paid. I was in a terrible situation for 9 years and the state making that age bracket after they gave off this “I wanna help all the kids succeed” motto is frustrating. The State says they care about foster kids and want to support them. They're supposed to take care of us but they only wanna protect their money. Did you know that only 32% of foster kids graduate high school? “Approximately 512,000 children were in foster care on the last day of 2006” which is the year I was born. That means out of 512,00 only 163,840 will graduate high school. “Less than 10% of foster youth pursue higher education. Only 3% will graduate with a four-year degree. Less than 0.5 -1% will graduate with a master's or higher” At most 15,360 kids will graduate college and 5,120 kids will get a master's or higher. With those odds against us, why try? I took a health class when I was a freshman. The teacher's name was Ms. Karkau. She showed me it's possible to break that cycle. It took me a while to realize want to pursue a career in psychology and eventually earn my Ph.D. to work with children and help them get their lives on track. I am eager to attend this college because I am passionate about making a difference. My goal is to care for and support the next generation as much as I can, so they can break their cycles and live the lives they desire, not the lives they were born into. Ultimately, I want to care for kids who were in my situation and help them know that people do care about them. I want to be in control. I want to make a difference in the world. I want to be an advocate for children who live lives like mine.

My name is Anna Camp. I will be the first person to graduate from high school from my family. I didn't have a typical childhood. My birth Mom had me and my twin when she was 19. Our birth Father was not dating my Mom. He was 54 years old. It was a drug transaction. I was in Foster Care for 9 years. My first memory was that my Twin Sister and I would always be alone. My Mom was asleep or gone. We knew that our Neighbor would give us food so we relied on her. When I was 2, I had to go into the system for the first time. My Mom wanted to get away so she gave us to one of her drug buddies. Long story short they found us 2 months later 4 hours away. We went to our Aunt and Uncle's house. My Mom went to rehab; and got pregnant, 9 months later I had a little sister 3 years younger than me. I moved back in with my Mom. I had to take care of a Baby when I was 3 years old. I was changing diapers and making sure we had food at 3. There was one time I remember most of all. My little Sister; 1 at the time. Was so thirsty and I couldn't reach the sink so she got water out of the toilet. Imagine being so thirsty that you drink out of the toilet. But that was my normal. I knew nothing else. It was hard when I realized that Washington state rules that if you were adopted after 13 then you get your whole college paid. I was in a terrible situation for 9 years and the state making that age bracket after they gave off this “I wanna help all the kids succeed” motto is frustrating. The State says they care about foster kids and want to support them. They're supposed to take care of us but they only wanna protect their money. Did you know that only 32% of foster kids graduate high school? “Approximately 512,000 children were in foster care on the last day of 2006” which is the year I was born. That means out of 512,00 only 163,840 will graduate high school. “Less than 10% of foster youth pursue higher education. Only 3% will graduate with a four-year degree. Less than 0.5 -1% will graduate with a master's or higher” At most 15,360 kids will graduate college and 5,120 kids will get a master's or higher. With those odds against us, why try? I took a health class when I was a freshman. The teacher's name was Ms. Karkau. She showed me it's possible to break that cycle. It took me a while to realize want to pursue a career in psychology and eventually earn my Ph.D. to work with children and help them get their lives on track. I am eager to attend this college because I am passionate about making a difference. My goal is to care for and support the next generation as much as I can, so they can break their cycles and live the lives they desire, not the lives they were born into. Ultimately, I want to care for kids who were in my situation and help them know that people do care about them. I want to be in control. I want to make a difference in the world. I want to be an advocate for children who live lives like mine.

My name is Anna Camp. I will be the first person to graduate from high school from my family. I didn't have a typical childhood. My birth Mom had me and my twin when she was 19. Our birth Father was not dating my Mom. He was 54 years old. It was a drug transaction. I was in Foster Care for 9 years. My first memory was that my Twin Sister and I would always be alone. My Mom was asleep or gone. We knew that our Neighbor would give us food so we relied on her. When I was 2, I had to go into the system for the first time. My Mom wanted to get away so she gave us to one of her drug buddies. Long story short they found us 2 months later 4 hours away. We went to our Aunt and Uncle's house. My Mom went to rehab; and got pregnant, 9 months later I had a little sister 3 years younger than me. I moved back in with my Mom. I had to take care of a Baby when I was 3 years old. I was changing diapers and making sure we had food at 3. There was one time I remember most of all. My little Sister; 1 at the time. Was so thirsty and I couldn't reach the sink so she got water out of the toilet. Imagine being so thirsty that you drink out of the toilet. But that was my normal. I knew nothing else. It was hard when I realized that Washington state rules that if you were adopted after 13 then you get your whole college paid. I was in a terrible situation for 9 years and the state making that age bracket after they gave off this “I wanna help all the kids succeed” motto is frustrating. The State says they care about foster kids and want to support them. They're supposed to take care of us but they only wanna protect their money. Did you know that only 32% of foster kids graduate high school? “Approximately 512,000 children were in foster care on the last day of 2006” which is the year I was born. That means out of 512,00 only 163,840 will graduate high school. “Less than 10% of foster youth pursue higher education. Only 3% will graduate with a four-year degree. Less than 0.5 -1% will graduate with a master's or higher” At most 15,360 kids will graduate college and 5,120 kids will get a master's or higher. With those odds against us, why try? I took a health class when I was a freshman. The teacher's name was Ms. Karkau. She showed me it's possible to break that cycle. It took me a while to realize want to pursue a career in psychology and eventually earn my Ph.D. to work with children and help them get their lives on track. I am eager to attend this college because I am passionate about making a difference. My goal is to care for and support the next generation as much as I can, so they can break their cycles and live the lives they desire, not the lives they were born into. Ultimately, I want to care for kids who were in my situation and help them know that people do care about them. I want to be in control. I want to make a difference in the world. I want to be an advocate for children who live lives like mine.

My name is Anna Camp. I will be the first person to graduate from high school from my family. I didn't have a typical childhood. My birth Mom had me and my twin when she was 19. Our birth Father was not dating my Mom. He was 54 years old. It was a drug transaction. I was in Foster Care for 9 years. My first memory was that my Twin Sister and I would always be alone. My Mom was asleep or gone. We knew that our Neighbor would give us food so we relied on her. When I was 2, I had to go into the system for the first time. My Mom wanted to get away so she gave us to one of her drug buddies. Long story short they found us 2 months later 4 hours away. We went to our Aunt and Uncle's house. My Mom went to rehab; and got pregnant, 9 months later I had a little sister 3 years younger than me. I moved back in with my Mom. I had to take care of a Baby when I was 3 years old. I was changing diapers and making sure we had food at 3. There was one time I remember most of all. My little Sister; 1 at the time. Was so thirsty and I couldn't reach the sink so she got water out of the toilet. Imagine being so thirsty that you drink out of the toilet. But that was my normal. I knew nothing else. It was hard when I realized that Washington state rules that if you were adopted after 13 then you get your whole college paid. I was in a terrible situation for 9 years and the state making that age bracket after they gave off this “I wanna help all the kids succeed” motto is frustrating. The State says they care about foster kids and want to support them. They're supposed to take care of us but they only wanna protect their money. Did you know that only 32% of foster kids graduate high school? “Approximately 512,000 children were in foster care on the last day of 2006” which is the year I was born. That means out of 512,00 only 163,840 will graduate high school. “Less than 10% of foster youth pursue higher education. Only 3% will graduate with a four-year degree. Less than 0.5 -1% will graduate with a master's or higher” At most 15,360 kids will graduate college and 5,120 kids will get a master's or higher. With those odds against us, why try? I took a health class when I was a freshman. The teacher's name was Ms. Karkau. She showed me it's possible to break that cycle. It took me a while to realize want to pursue a career in psychology and eventually earn my Ph.D. to work with children and help them get their lives on track. I am eager to attend this college because I am passionate about making a difference. My goal is to care for and support the next generation as much as I can, so they can break their cycles and live the lives they desire, not the lives they were born into. Ultimately, I want to care for kids who were in my situation and help them know that people do care about them. I want to be in control. I want to make a difference in the world. I want to be an advocate for children who live lives like mine.

Last summer, I embarked on what I thought would be a picturesque trip to Canada. With a bunch of my friends With its stunning landscapes, majestic mountains, and vibrant wildlife, Jasper National Park had always been on my bucket list. Little did I know that my adventure would take an unexpected turn into a heart-pounding experience that would test my resolve and teach me invaluable lessons about nature's power. As I arrived in Jasper, I was immediately enchanted by the breathtaking beauty surrounding me. The towering mountains framed the blue skies, and the lush green forests seemed to whisper secrets of ancient times. I spent my first few days hiking along scenic trails, taking photographs of panoramic views, and relishing the crisp mountain air. On the fourth day of my trip, everything changed. I set out early in the morning for a hike to Maligne Lake, excited to explore yet another stunning corner of the park. As I trekked through the forest, the smell of smoke began to waft through the air, gradually getting stronger. Initially, I was unaware of the source, but as I rounded a bend, I was met with a view that jolted me into a harsh reality—a massive plume of smoke rising from the mountains. Panic crept in as I pulled out my phone and tried to get updates on what was happening. News of a wildfire rapidly spreading through the Jasper area flooded my feed. Firefighting crews were deployed, but I felt a rising sense of dread as I realized the extent of the situation. My heart raced, and my mind began racing with thoughts of how I would escape if it came to that. I decided to go back to my car, which I had parked at the trailhead. The air grew thicker with smoke, and my eyes stung as I inhaled the acrid scent of burning wood. I followed a group of hikers who seemed to be on the same mission—returning to safety. However, the path seemed longer and fraught with uncertainty. Every turn brought the sound of crackling branches and distant rumbles, and I couldn't shake the fear that the fire could spread toward us at any moment. We dove for 4 hours and stopped at a rest stop. We put out our tents and went to sleep. 40 MINUTES LATER we were woken up BY LIGHTNING and THUNDER! It was raining so hard it felt like we were walking in a POOL.

My name is Anna Camp. I will be the first person to graduate from high school from my family. I didn't have a typical childhood. My birth Mom had me and my twin when she was 19. Our birth Father was not dating my Mom. He was 54 years old. It was a drug transaction. I was in Foster Care for 9 years. My first memory was that my Twin Sister and I would always be alone. My Mom was asleep or gone. We knew that our Neighbor would give us food so we relied on her. When I was 2, I had to go into the system for the first time. My Mom wanted to get away so she gave us to one of her drug buddies. Long story short they found us 2 months later 4 hours away. We went to our Aunt and Uncle's house. My Mom went to rehab; and got pregnant, 9 months later I had a little sister 3 years younger than me. I moved back in with my Mom. I had to take care of a Baby when I was 3 years old. I was changing diapers and making sure we had food at 3. There was one time I remember most of all. My little Sister; 1 at the time. Was so thirsty and I couldn't reach the sink so she got water out of the toilet. Imagine being so thirsty that you drink out of the toilet. But that was my normal. I knew nothing else. It was hard when I realized that Washington state rules that if you were adopted after 13 then you get your whole college paid. I was in a terrible situation for 9 years and the state making that age bracket after they gave off this “I wanna help all the kids succeed” motto is frustrating. The State says they care about foster kids and want to support them. They're supposed to take care of us but they only wanna protect their money. Did you know that only 32% of foster kids graduate high school? “Approximately 512,000 children were in foster care on the last day of 2006” which is the year I was born. That means out of 512,00 only 163,840 will graduate high school. “Less than 10% of foster youth pursue higher education. Only 3% will graduate with a four-year degree. Less than 0.5 -1% will graduate with a master's or higher” At most 15,360 kids will graduate college and 5,120 kids will get a master's or higher. With those odds against us, why try? I took a health class when I was a freshman. The teacher's name was Ms. Karkau. She showed me it's possible to break that cycle. To not give up on life. But to keep going and It took me a while to realize that I wanted to pursue a career in psychology and eventually earn my Ph.D. to work with children and help them get their lives on track. I am eager to attend this college because I am passionate about making a difference. I aim to care for and support the next generation as much as I can, so they can break their cycles and live the lives they desire, not the lives they were born into. Ultimately, I want to care for kids in my situation and help them know that people care about them. I want to be in control. I want to make a difference in the world. I want to be an advocate for children who live lives like mine.

My name is Anna Camp. I will be the first person to graduate from high school from my family. I didn't have a typical childhood. My birth Mom had me and my twin when she was 19. Our birth Father was not dating my Mom. He was 54 years old. It was a drug transaction. I was in Foster Care for 9 years. My first memory was that my Twin Sister and I would always be alone. My Mom was asleep or gone. We knew that our Neighbor would give us food so we relied on her. When I was 2, I had to go into the system for the first time. My Mom wanted to get away so she gave us to one of her drug buddies. Long story short they found us 2 months later 4 hours away. We went to our Aunt and Uncle's house. My Mom went to rehab; and got pregnant, 9 months later I had a little sister 3 years younger than me. I moved back in with my Mom. I had to take care of a Baby when I was 3 years old. I was changing diapers and making sure we had food at 3. There was one time I remember most of all. My little Sister; 1 at the time. Was so thirsty and I couldn't reach the sink so she got water out of the toilet. Imagine being so thirsty that you drink out of the toilet. But that was my normal. I knew nothing else. It was hard when I realized that Washington state rules that if you were adopted after 13 then you get your whole college paid. I was in a terrible situation for 9 years and the state making that age bracket after they gave off this “I wanna help all the kids succeed” motto is frustrating. The State says they care about foster kids and want to support them. They're supposed to take care of us but they only wanna protect their money. Did you know that only 32% of foster kids graduate high school? “Approximately 512,000 children were in foster care on the last day of 2006” which is the year I was born. That means out of 512,00 only 163,840 will graduate high school. “Less than 10% of foster youth pursue higher education. Only 3% will graduate with a four-year degree. Less than 0.5 -1% will graduate with a master's or higher” At most 15,360 kids will graduate college and 5,120 kids will get a master's or higher. With those odds against us, why try? I took a health class when I was a freshman. The teacher's name was Ms. Karkau. She showed me it's possible to break that cycle. It took me a while to realize want to pursue a career in psychology and eventually earn my Ph.D. to work with children and help them get their lives on track. I am eager to attend this college because I am passionate about making a difference. I aim to care for and support the next generation as much as I can, so they can break their cycles and live the lives they desire, not the lives they were born into. Ultimately, I want to care for kids in my situation and help them know that people care about them. I want to be in control. I want to make a difference in the world. I want to be an advocate for children who live lives like mine.

I chose the song "1 step forward 3 steps back " Because that's what my life has felt like. My name is Anna Camp. I will be the first person to graduate from high school from my family. I didn't have a typical childhood. My birth Mom had me and my twin when she was 19. Our birth Father was not dating my Mom. He was 54 years old. It was a drug transaction. I was in Foster Care for 9 years. My first memory was that my Twin Sister and I would always be alone. My Mom was asleep or gone. We knew that our Neighbor would give us food so we relied on her. When I was 2, I had to go into the system for the first time. My Mom wanted to get away so she gave us to one of her drug buddies. Long story short they found us 2 months later 4 hours away. We went to our Aunt and Uncle's house. My Mom went to rehab; and got pregnant, 9 months later I had a little sister 3 years younger than me. I moved back in with my Mom. I had to take care of a Baby when I was 3 years old. I was changing diapers and making sure we had food at 3. There was one time I remember most of all. My little Sister; 1 at the time. Was so thirsty and I couldn't reach the sink so she got water out of the toilet. Imagine being so thirsty that you drink out of the toilet. But that was my normal. I knew nothing else. It was hard when I realized that Washington state rules that if you were adopted after 13 then you get your whole college paid. I was in a terrible situation for 9 years and the state making that age bracket after they gave off this “I wanna help all the kids succeed” motto is frustrating. The State says they care about foster kids and want to support them. They're supposed to take care of us but they only wanna protect their money. Did you know that only 32% of foster kids graduate high school? “Approximately 512,000 children were in foster care on the last day of 2006” which is the year I was born. That means out of 512,00 only 163,840 will graduate high school. “Less than 10% of foster youth pursue higher education. Only 3% will graduate with a four-year degree. Less than 0.5 -1% will graduate with a master's or higher” At most 15,360 kids will graduate college and 5,120 kids will get a master's or higher. With those odds against us, why try? I want to work with children and help them get their lives on track. I am eager to attend this college because I am passionate about making a difference. I aim to care for and support the next generation as much as I can, so they can break their cycles and live the lives they desire, not the lives they were born into. Ultimately, I want to care for kids in my situation and help them know that people care about them. I want to be in control. I want to make a difference in the world. I want to be an advocate for children who live lives like mine.

My name is Anna Camp. I will be the first person to graduate from high school from my family. I didn't have a typical childhood. My birth Mom had me and my twin when she was 19. Our birth Father was not dating my Mom. He was 54 years old. It was a drug transaction. I was in Foster Care for 9 years. My first memory was that my Twin Sister and I would always be alone. My Mom was asleep or gone. We knew that our Neighbor would give us food so we relied on her. When I was 2, I had to go into the system for the first time. My Mom wanted to get away so she gave us to one of her drug buddies. Long story short they found us 2 months later 4 hours away. We went to our Aunt and Uncle's house. My Mom went to rehab; and got pregnant, 9 months later I had a little sister 3 years younger than me. I moved back in with my Mom. I had to take care of a Baby when I was 3 years old. I was changing diapers and making sure we had food at 3. There was one time I remember most of all. My little Sister; 1 at the time. Was so thirsty and I couldn't reach the sink so she got water out of the toilet. Imagine being so thirsty that you drink out of the toilet. But that was my normal. I knew nothing else. It was hard when I realized that Washington state rules that if you were adopted after 13 then you get your whole college paid. I was in a terrible situation for 9 years and the state making that age bracket after they gave off this “I wanna help all the kids succeed” motto is frustrating. The State says they care about foster kids and want to support them. They're supposed to take care of us but they only wanna protect their money. Did you know that only 32% of foster kids graduate high school? “Approximately 512,000 children were in foster care on the last day of 2006” which is the year I was born. That means out of 512,00 only 163,840 will graduate high school. “Less than 10% of foster youth pursue higher education. Only 3% will graduate with a four-year degree. Less than 0.5 -1% will graduate with a master's or higher” At most 15,360 kids will graduate college and 5,120 kids will get a master's or higher. With those odds against us, why try? I took a health class when I was a freshman. The teacher's name was Ms. Karkau. She showed me it's possible to break that cycle. It took me a while to realize want to pursue a career in psychology and eventually earn my Ph.D. to work with children and help them get their lives on track. I am eager to attend this college because I am passionate about making a difference. I aim to care for and support the next generation as much as I can, so they can break their cycles and live the lives they desire, not the lives they were born into. Ultimately, I want to care for kids in my situation and help them know that people care about them. I want to be in control. I want to make a difference in the world. I want to be an advocate for children who live lives like mine.

My name is Anna Camp. I will be the first person to graduate from high school from my family. I didn't have a typical childhood. My birth Mom had me and my twin when she was 19. Our birth Father was not dating my Mom. He was 54 years old. It was a drug transaction. I was in Foster Care for 9 years. My first memory was that my Twin Sister and I would always be alone. My Mom was asleep or gone. We knew that our Neighbor would give us food so we relied on her. When I was 2, I had to go into the system for the first time. My Mom wanted to get away so she gave us to one of her drug buddies. Long story short they found us 2 months later 4 hours away. We went to our Aunt and Uncle's house. My Mom went to rehab; and got pregnant, 9 months later I had a little sister 3 years younger than me. I moved back in with my Mom. I had to take care of a Baby when I was 3 years old. I was changing diapers and making sure we had food at 3. There was one time I remember most of all. My little Sister; 1 at the time. Was so thirsty and I couldn't reach the sink so she got water out of the toilet. Imagine being so thirsty that you drink out of the toilet. But that was my normal. I knew nothing else. It was hard when I realized that Washington state rules that if you were adopted after 13 then you get your whole college paid. I was in a terrible situation for 9 years and the state making that age bracket after they gave off this “I wanna help all the kids succeed” motto is frustrating. The State says they care about foster kids and want to support them. They're supposed to take care of us but they only wanna protect their money. Did you know that only 32% of foster kids graduate high school? “Approximately 512,000 children were in foster care on the last day of 2006” which is the year I was born. That means out of 512,00 only 163,840 will graduate high school. “Less than 10% of foster youth pursue higher education. Only 3% will graduate with a four-year degree. Less than 0.5 -1% will graduate with a master's or higher” At most 15,360 kids will graduate college and 5,120 kids will get a master's or higher. With those odds against us, why try? I took a health class when I was a freshman. The teacher's name was Ms. Karkau. She showed me it's possible to break that cycle. It took me a while to realize want to pursue a career in psychology and eventually earn my Ph.D. to work with children and help them get their lives on track. I am eager to attend this college because I am passionate about making a difference. I aim to care for and support the next generation as much as I can, so they can break their cycles and live the lives they desire, not the lives they were born into. Ultimately, I want to care for kids in my situation and help them know that people care about them. I want to be in control. I want to make a difference in the world. I want to be an advocate for children who live lives like mine.

My name is Anna Camp. I will be the first person to graduate from high school from my family. I didn't have a typical childhood. My birth Mom had me and my twin when she was 19. Our birth Father was not dating my Mom. He was 54 years old. It was a drug transaction. I was in Foster Care for 9 years. My first memory was that my Twin Sister and I would always be alone. My Mom was asleep or gone. We knew that our Neighbor would give us food so we relied on her. When I was 2, I had to go into the system for the first time. My Mom wanted to get away so she gave us to one of her drug buddies. Long story short they found us 2 months later 4 hours away. We went to our Aunt and Uncle's house. My Mom went to rehab; and got pregnant, 9 months later I had a little sister 3 years younger than me. I moved back in with my Mom. I had to take care of a Baby when I was 3 years old. I was changing diapers and making sure we had food at 3. There was one time I remember most of all. My little Sister; 1 at the time. Was so thirsty and I couldn't reach the sink so she got water out of the toilet. Imagine being so thirsty that you drink out of the toilet. But that was my normal. I knew nothing else. It was hard when I realized that Washington state rules that if you were adopted after 13 then you get your whole college paid. I was in a terrible situation for 9 years and the state making that age bracket after they gave off this “I wanna help all the kids succeed” motto is frustrating. The State says they care about foster kids and want to support them. They're supposed to take care of us but they only wanna protect their money. Did you know that only 32% of foster kids graduate high school? “Approximately 512,000 children were in foster care on the last day of 2006” which is the year I was born. That means out of 512,00 only 163,840 will graduate high school. “Less than 10% of foster youth pursue higher education. Only 3% will graduate with a four-year degree. Less than 0.5 -1% will graduate with a master's or higher” At most 15,360 kids will graduate college and 5,120 kids will get a master's or higher. With those odds against us, why try? I took a health class when I was a freshman. The teacher's name was Ms. Karkau. She showed me it's possible to break that cycle. It took me a while to realize want to pursue a career in psychology and eventually earn my Ph.D. to work with children and help them get their lives on track. I am eager to attend this college because I am passionate about making a difference. I aim to care for and support the next generation as much as I can, so they can break their cycles and live the lives they desire, not the lives they were born into. Ultimately, I want to care for kids in my situation and help them know that people care about them. I want to be in control. I want to make a difference in the world. I want to be an advocate for children who live lives like mine.

My name is Anna Camp. I will be the first person to graduate from high school from my family. I didn't have a typical childhood. My birth Mom had me and my twin when she was 19. Our birth Father was not dating my Mom. He was 54 years old. It was a drug transaction. I was in Foster Care for 9 years. My first memory was that my Twin Sister and I would always be alone. My Mom was asleep or gone. We knew that our Neighbor would give us food so we relied on her. When I was 2, I had to go into the system for the first time. My Mom wanted to get away so she gave us to one of her drug buddies. Long story short they found us 2 months later 4 hours away. We went to our Aunt and Uncle's house. My Mom went to rehab; and got pregnant, 9 months later I had a little sister 3 years younger than me. I moved back in with my Mom. I had to take care of a Baby when I was 3 years old. I was changing diapers and making sure we had food at 3. There was one time I remember most of all. My little Sister; 1 at the time. Was so thirsty and I couldn't reach the sink so she got water out of the toilet. Imagine being so thirsty that you drink out of the toilet. But that was my normal. I knew nothing else. It was hard when I realized that Washington state rules that if you were adopted after 13 then you get your whole college paid. I was in a terrible situation for 9 years and the state making that age bracket after they gave off this “I wanna help all the kids succeed” motto is frustrating. The State says they care about foster kids and want to support them. They're supposed to take care of us but they only wanna protect their money. Did you know that only 32% of foster kids graduate high school? “Approximately 512,000 children were in foster care on the last day of 2006” which is the year I was born. That means out of 512,00 only 163,840 will graduate high school. “Less than 10% of foster youth pursue higher education. Only 3% will graduate with a four-year degree. Less than 0.5 -1% will graduate with a master's or higher” At most 15,360 kids will graduate college and 5,120 kids will get a master's or higher. With those odds against us, why try? I took a health class when I was a freshman. The teacher's name was Ms. Karkau. She showed me it's possible to break that cycle. It took me a while to realize want to pursue a career in psychology and eventually earn my Ph.D. to work with children and help them get their lives on track. I am eager to attend this college because I am passionate about making a difference. I aim to care for and support the next generation as much as I can, so they can break their cycles and live the lives they desire, not the lives they were born into. Ultimately, I want to care for kids in my situation and help them know that people care about them. I want to be in control. I want to make a difference in the world. I want to be an advocate for children who live lives like mine.

My name is Anna Camp. I will be the first person to graduate from high school from my family. I didn't have a typical childhood. My birth Mom had me and my twin when she was 19. Our birth Father was not dating my Mom. He was 54 years old. It was a drug transaction. I was in Foster Care for 9 years. My first memory was that my Twin Sister and I would always be alone. My Mom was asleep or gone. We knew that our Neighbor would give us food so we relied on her. When I was 2, I had to go into the system for the first time. My Mom wanted to get away so she gave us to one of her drug buddies. Long story short they found us 2 months later 4 hours away. We went to our Aunt and Uncle's house. My Mom went to rehab; and got pregnant, 9 months later I had a little sister 3 years younger than me. I moved back in with my Mom. I had to take care of a Baby when I was 3 years old. I was changing diapers and making sure we had food at 3. There was one time I remember most of all. My little Sister; 1 at the time. Was so thirsty and I couldn't reach the sink so she got water out of the toilet. Imagine being so thirsty that you drink out of the toilet. But that was my normal. I knew nothing else. It was hard when I realized that Washington state rules that if you were adopted after 13 then you get your whole college paid. I was in a terrible situation for 9 years and the state making that age bracket after they gave off this “I wanna help all the kids succeed” motto is frustrating. The State says they care about foster kids and want to support them. They're supposed to take care of us but they only wanna protect their money. Did you know that only 32% of foster kids graduate high school? “Approximately 512,000 children were in foster care on the last day of 2006” which is the year I was born. That means out of 512,00 only 163,840 will graduate high school. “Less than 10% of foster youth pursue higher education. Only 3% will graduate with a four-year degree. Less than 0.5 -1% will graduate with a master's or higher” At most 15,360 kids will graduate college and 5,120 kids will get a master's or higher. With those odds against us, why try? I took a health class when I was a freshman. The teacher's name was Ms. Karkau. She showed me it's possible to break that cycle. It took me a while to realize want to pursue a career in psychology and eventually earn my Ph.D. to work with children and help them get their lives on track. I am eager to attend this college because I am passionate about making a difference. I aim to care for and support the next generation as much as I can, so they can break their cycles and live the lives they desire, not the lives they were born into. Ultimately, I want to care for kids in my situation and help them know that people care about them. I want to be in control. I want to make a difference in the world. I want to be an advocate for children who live lives like mine.

My name is Anna Camp. I will be the first person to graduate from high school from my family. I didn't have a typical childhood. My birth Mom had me and my twin when she was 19. Our birth Father was not dating my Mom. He was 54 years old. It was a drug transaction. I was in Foster Care for 9 years. My first memory was that my Twin Sister and I would always be alone. My Mom was asleep or gone. We knew that our Neighbor would give us food so we relied on her. When I was 2, I had to go into the system for the first time. My Mom wanted to get away so she gave us to one of her drug buddies. Long story short they found us 2 months later 4 hours away. We went to our Aunt and Uncle's house. My Mom went to rehab; and got pregnant, 9 months later I had a little sister 3 years younger than me. I moved back in with my Mom. I had to take care of a Baby when I was 3 years old. I was changing diapers and making sure we had food at 3. There was one time I remember most of all. My little Sister; 1 at the time. Was so thirsty and I couldn't reach the sink so she got water out of the toilet. Imagine being so thirsty that you drink out of the toilet. But that was my normal. I knew nothing else. It was hard when I realized that Washington state rules that if you were adopted after 13 then you get your whole college paid. I was in a terrible situation for 9 years and the state making that age bracket after they gave off this “I wanna help all the kids succeed” motto is frustrating. The State says they care about foster kids and want to support them. They're supposed to take care of us but they only wanna protect their money. Did you know that only 32% of foster kids graduate high school? “Approximately 512,000 children were in foster care on the last day of 2006” which is the year I was born. That means out of 512,00 only 163,840 will graduate high school. “Less than 10% of foster youth pursue higher education. Only 3% will graduate with a four-year degree. Less than 0.5 -1% will graduate with a master's or higher” At most 15,360 kids will graduate college and 5,120 kids will get a master's or higher. With those odds against us, why try? I took a health class when I was a freshman. The teacher's name was Ms. Karkau. She showed me it's possible to break that cycle. It took me a while to realize want to pursue a career in psychology and eventually earn my Ph.D. to work with children and help them get their lives on track. I am eager to attend this college because I am passionate about making a difference. I aim to care for and support the next generation as much as I can, so they can break their cycles and live the lives they desire, not the lives they were born into. Ultimately, I want to care for kids in my situation and help them know that people care about them. I want to be in control. I want to make a difference in the world. I want to be an advocate for children who live lives like mine.

My name is Anna Camp. I will be the first person to graduate from high school from my family. I didn't have a typical childhood. My birth Mom had me and my twin when she was 19. Our birth Father was not dating my Mom. He was 54 years old. It was a drug transaction. I was in Foster Care for 9 years. My first memory was that my Twin Sister and I would always be alone. My Mom was asleep or gone. We knew that our Neighbor would give us food so we relied on her. When I was 2, I had to go into the system for the first time. My Mom wanted to get away so she gave us to one of her drug buddies. Long story short they found us 2 months later 4 hours away. We went to our Aunt and Uncle's house. My Mom went to rehab; and got pregnant, 9 months later I had a little sister 3 years younger than me. I moved back in with my Mom. I had to take care of a Baby when I was 3 years old. I was changing diapers and making sure we had food at 3. There was one time I remember most of all. My little Sister; 1 at the time. Was so thirsty and I couldn't reach the sink so she got water out of the toilet. Imagine being so thirsty that you drink out of the toilet. But that was my normal. I knew nothing else. It was hard when I realized that Washington state rules that if you were adopted after 13 then you get your whole college paid. I was in a terrible situation for 9 years and the state making that age bracket after they gave off this “I wanna help all the kids succeed” motto is frustrating. The State says they care about foster kids and want to support them. They're supposed to take care of us but they only wanna protect their money. Did you know that only 32% of foster kids graduate high school? “Approximately 512,000 children were in foster care on the last day of 2006” which is the year I was born. That means out of 512,00 only 163,840 will graduate high school. “Less than 10% of foster youth pursue higher education. Only 3% will graduate with a four-year degree. Less than 0.5 -1% will graduate with a master's or higher” At most 15,360 kids will graduate college and 5,120 kids will get a master's or higher. With those odds against us, why try? I took a health class when I was a freshman. The teacher's name was Ms. Karkau. She showed me it's possible to break that cycle. It took me a while to realize want to pursue a career in psychology and eventually earn my Ph.D. to work with children and help them get their lives on track. I am eager to attend this college because I am passionate about making a difference. I aim to care for and support the next generation as much as I can, so they can break their cycles and live the lives they desire, not the lives they were born into. Ultimately, I want to care for kids in my situation and help them know that people care about them. I want to be in control. I want to make a difference in the world. I want to be an advocate for children who live lives like mine.

My name is Anna Camp. I will be the first person to graduate from high school from my family. I didn't have a typical childhood. My birth Mom had me and my twin when she was 19. Our birth Father was not dating my Mom. He was 54 years old. It was a drug transaction. I was in Foster Care for 9 years. My first memory was that my Twin Sister and I would always be alone. My Mom was asleep or gone. We knew that our Neighbor would give us food so we relied on her. When I was 2, I had to go into the system for the first time. My Mom wanted to get away so she gave us to one of her drug buddies. Long story short they found us 2 months later 4 hours away. We went to our Aunt and Uncle's house. My Mom went to rehab; and got pregnant, 9 months later I had a little sister 3 years younger than me. I moved back in with my Mom. I had to take care of a Baby when I was 3 years old. I was changing diapers and making sure we had food at 3. There was one time I remember most of all. My little Sister; 1 at the time. Was so thirsty and I couldn't reach the sink so she got water out of the toilet. Imagine being so thirsty that you drink out of the toilet. But that was my normal. I knew nothing else. It was hard when I realized that Washington state rules that if you were adopted after 13 then you get your whole college paid. I was in a terrible situation for 9 years and the state making that age bracket after they gave off this “I wanna help all the kids succeed” motto is frustrating. The State says they care about foster kids and want to support them. They're supposed to take care of us but they only wanna protect their money. Did you know that only 32% of foster kids graduate high school? “Approximately 512,000 children were in foster care on the last day of 2006” which is the year I was born. That means out of 512,00 only 163,840 will graduate high school. “Less than 10% of foster youth pursue higher education. Only 3% will graduate with a four-year degree. Less than 0.5 -1% will graduate with a master's or higher” At most 15,360 kids will graduate college and 5,120 kids will get a master's or higher. With those odds against us, why try? I want to work with children and help them get their lives on track. I am eager to attend this college because I am passionate about making a difference. I aim to care for and support the next generation as much as I can, so they can break their cycles and live the lives they desire, not the lives they were born into. Ultimately, I want to care for kids in my situation and help them know that people care about them. I want to be in control. I want to make a difference in the world. I want to be an advocate for children who live lives like mine.

My name is Anna Camp. I will be the first person to graduate from high school from my family. I didn't have a typical childhood. My birth Mom had me and my twin when she was 19. Our birth Father was not dating my Mom. He was 54 years old. It was a drug transaction. I was in Foster Care for 9 years. My first memory was that my Twin Sister and I would always be alone. My Mom was asleep or gone. We knew that our Neighbor would give us food so we relied on her. When I was 2, I had to go into the system for the first time. My Mom wanted to get away so she gave us to one of her drug buddies. Long story short they found us 2 months later 4 hours away. We went to our Aunt and Uncle's house. My Mom went to rehab; and got pregnant, 9 months later I had a little sister 3 years younger than me. I moved back in with my Mom. I had to take care of a Baby when I was 3 years old. I was changing diapers and making sure we had food at 3. There was one time I remember most of all. My little Sister; 1 at the time. Was so thirsty and I couldn't reach the sink so she got water out of the toilet. Imagine being so thirsty that you drink out of the toilet. But that was my normal. I knew nothing else. It was hard when I realized that Washington state rules that if you were adopted after 13 then you get your whole college paid. I was in a terrible situation for 9 years and the state making that age bracket after they gave off this “I wanna help all the kids succeed” motto is frustrating. The State says they care about foster kids and want to support them. They're supposed to take care of us but they only wanna protect their money. Did you know that only 32% of foster kids graduate high school? “Approximately 512,000 children were in foster care on the last day of 2006” which is the year I was born. That means out of 512,00 only 163,840 will graduate high school. “Less than 10% of foster youth pursue higher education. Only 3% will graduate with a four-year degree. Less than 0.5 -1% will graduate with a master's or higher” At most 15,360 kids will graduate college and 5,120 kids will get a master's or higher. With those odds against us, why try? I took a health class when I was a freshman. The teacher's name was Ms. Karkau. She showed me it's possible to break that cycle. It took me a while to realize want to pursue a career in psychology and eventually earn my Ph.D. to work with children and help them get their lives on track. I am eager to attend this college because I am passionate about making a difference. I aim to care for and support the next generation as much as I can, so they can break their cycles and live the lives they desire, not the lives they were born into. Ultimately, I want to care for kids in my situation and help them know that people care about them. I want to be in control. I want to make a difference in the world. I want to be an advocate for children who live lives like mine.

My name is Anna Camp. I will be the first person to graduate from high school from my family. I didn't have a typical childhood. My birth Mom had me and my twin when she was 19. Our birth Father was not dating my Mom. He was 54 years old. It was a drug transaction. I was in Foster Care for 9 years. My first memory was that my Twin Sister and I would always be alone. My Mom was asleep or gone. We knew that our Neighbor would give us food so we relied on her. When I was 2, I had to go into the system for the first time. My Mom wanted to get away so she gave us to one of her drug buddies. Long story short they found us 2 months later 4 hours away. We went to our Aunt and Uncle's house. My Mom went to rehab; and got pregnant, 9 months later I had a little sister 3 years younger than me. I moved back in with my Mom. I had to take care of a Baby when I was 3 years old. I was changing diapers and making sure we had food at 3. There was one time I remember most of all. My little Sister; 1 at the time. Was so thirsty and I couldn't reach the sink so she got water out of the toilet. Imagine being so thirsty that you drink out of the toilet. But that was my normal. I knew nothing else. It was hard when I realized that Washington state rules that if you were adopted after 13 then you get your whole college paid. I was in a terrible situation for 9 years and the state making that age bracket after they gave off this “I wanna help all the kids succeed” motto is frustrating. The State says they care about foster kids and want to support them. They're supposed to take care of us but they only wanna protect their money. Did you know that only 32% of foster kids graduate high school? “Approximately 512,000 children were in foster care on the last day of 2006” which is the year I was born. That means out of 512,00 only 163,840 will graduate high school. “Less than 10% of foster youth pursue higher education. Only 3% will graduate with a four-year degree. Less than 0.5 -1% will graduate with a master's or higher” At most 15,360 kids will graduate college and 5,120 kids will get a master's or higher. With those odds against us, why try? I took a health class when I was a freshman. The teacher's name was Ms. Karkau. She showed me it's possible to break that cycle. It took me a while to realize want to pursue a career in psychology and eventually earn my Ph.D. to work with children and help them get their lives on track. I am eager to attend this college because I am passionate about making a difference. I aim to care for and support the next generation as much as I can, so they can break their cycles and live the lives they desire, not the lives they were born into. Ultimately, I want to care for kids in my situation and help them know that people care about them. I want to be in control. I want to make a difference in the world. I want to be an advocate for children who live lives like mine.

My name is Anna Camp. I will be the first person to graduate from high school from my family. I didn't have a typical childhood. My birth Mom had me and my twin when she was 19. Our birth Father was not dating my Mom. He was 54 years old. It was a drug transaction. I was in Foster Care for 9 years. There was one time I remember most of all. My little Sister; 1 at the time. Was so thirsty and I couldn't reach the sink so she got water out of the toilet. Imagine being so thirsty that you drink out of the toilet. But that was my normal. I knew nothing else. when I realized that Washington rules that if you were adopted after 13 your whole college is paid. I was in a terrible situation for 9 years! They're supposed to take care of us but they only wanna protect their money. Did you know that only 32% of foster kids graduate high school? “Approximately 512,000 children were in foster care on the last day of 2006” which is the year I was born. That means out of 512,00 only 163,840 will graduate high school. “Less than 10% of foster youth pursue higher education. Only 3% will graduate with a four-year degree. Less than 0.5 -1% will graduate with a master's or higher” At most 15,360 kids will graduate college and 5,120 kids will get a master's or higher. With those odds against us, why try? It took me a while to realize that I wanted to pursue a career in psychology and eventually earn my Ph.D. to work with children and help them get their lives on track. I am eager to attend this college because I am passionate about making a difference. I aim to care for and support the next generation as much as I can, so they can break their cycles and live the lives they desire, not the lives they were born into. Ultimately, I want to care for kids in my situation and help them know that people care about them. I want to be in control. I want to make a difference in the world. I want to be an advocate for children who live lives like mine.

My name is Anna Camp. I will be the first person to graduate from high school from my family. I didn't have a typical childhood. My birth Mom had me and my twin when she was 19. Our birth Father was not dating my Mom. He was 54 years old. It was a drug transaction. I was in Foster Care for 9 years. My first memory was that my Twin Sister and I would always be alone. My Mom was asleep or gone. We knew that our Neighbor would give us food so we relied on her. When I was 2, I had to go into the system for the first time. My Mom wanted to get away so she gave us to one of her drug buddies. Long story short they found us 2 months later 4 hours away. We went to our Aunt and Uncle's house. My Mom went to rehab; and got pregnant, 9 months later I had a little sister 3 years younger than me. I moved back in with my Mom. I had to take care of a Baby when I was 3 years old. I was changing diapers and making sure we had food at 3. There was one time I remember most of all. My little Sister; 1 at the time. Was so thirsty and I couldn't reach the sink so she got water out of the toilet. Imagine being so thirsty that you drink out of the toilet. But that was my normal. I knew nothing else. It was hard when I realized that Washington state rules that if you were adopted after 13 then you get your whole college paid. I was in a terrible situation for 9 years and the state making that age bracket after they gave off this “I wanna help all the kids succeed” motto is frustrating. The State says they care about foster kids and want to support them. They're supposed to take care of us but they only wanna protect their money. Did you know that only 32% of foster kids graduate high school? “Approximately 512,000 children were in foster care on the last day of 2006” which is the year I was born. That means out of 512,00 only 163,840 will graduate high school. “Less than 10% of foster youth pursue higher education. Only 3% will graduate with a four-year degree. Less than 0.5 -1% will graduate with a master's or higher” At most 15,360 kids will graduate college and 5,120 kids will get a master's or higher. With those odds against us, why try? I took a health class when I was a freshman. The teacher's name was Ms. Karkau. She showed me it's possible to break that cycle. It took me a while to realize want to pursue a career in psychology and eventually earn my Ph.D. to work with children and help them get their lives on track. I am eager to attend this college because I am passionate about making a difference. My goal is to care for and support the next generation as much as I can, so they can break their cycles and live the lives they desire, not the lives they were born into. Ultimately, I want to care for kids who were in my situation and help them know that people do care about them. I want to be in control. I want to make a difference in the world. I want to be an advocate for children who live lives like mine.

My name is Anna Camp. I will be the first person to graduate from high school from my family. I didn't have a typical childhood. My birth Mom had me and my twin when she was 19. Our birth Father was not dating my Mom. He was 54 years old. It was a drug transaction. I was in Foster Care for 9 years. My first memory was that my Twin Sister and I would always be alone. My Mom was asleep or gone. We knew that our Neighbor would give us food so we relied on her. When I was 2, I had to go into the system for the first time. My Mom wanted to get away so she gave us to one of her drug buddies. Long story short they found us 2 months later 4 hours away. We went to our Aunt and Uncle's house. My Mom went to rehab; and got pregnant, 9 months later I had a little sister 3 years younger than me. I moved back in with my Mom. I had to take care of a Baby when I was 3 years old. I was changing diapers and making sure we had food at 3. There was one time I remember most of all. My little Sister; 1 at the time. Was so thirsty and I couldn't reach the sink so she got water out of the toilet. Imagine being so thirsty that you drink out of the toilet. But that was my normal. I knew nothing else. It was hard when I realized that Washington state rules that if you were adopted after 13 then you get your whole college paid. I was in a terrible situation for 9 years and the state making that age bracket after they gave off this “I wanna help all the kids succeed” motto is frustrating. The State says they care about foster kids and want to support them. They're supposed to take care of us but they only wanna protect their money. Did you know that only 32% of foster kids graduate high school? “Approximately 512,000 children were in foster care on the last day of 2006” which is the year I was born. That means out of 512,00 only 163,840 will graduate high school. “Less than 10% of foster youth pursue higher education. Only 3% will graduate with a four-year degree. Less than 0.5 -1% will graduate with a master's or higher” At most 15,360 kids will graduate college and 5,120 kids will get a master's or higher. With those odds against us, why try? I took a health class when I was a freshman. The teacher's name was Ms. Karkau. She showed me it's possible to break that cycle. It took me a while to realize want to pursue a career in psychology and eventually earn my Ph.D. to work with children and help them get their lives on track. I am eager to attend this college because I am passionate about making a difference. My goal is to care for and support the next generation as much as I can, so they can break their cycles and live the lives they desire, not the lives they were born into. Ultimately, I want to care for kids who were in my situation and help them know that people do care about them. I want to be in control. I want to make a difference in the world. I want to be an advocate for children who live lives like mine.

My name is Anna Camp. I will be the first person to graduate from high school from my family. I didn't have a typical childhood. My birth Mom had me and my twin when she was 19. Our birth Father was not dating my Mom. He was 54 years old. It was a drug transaction. I was in Foster Care for 9 years. My first memory was that my Twin Sister and I would always be alone. My Mom was asleep or gone. We knew that our Neighbor would give us food so we relied on her. When I was 2, I had to go into the system for the first time. My Mom wanted to get away so she gave us to one of her drug buddies. Long story short they found us 2 months later 4 hours away. We went to our Aunt and Uncle's house. My Mom went to rehab; and got pregnant, 9 months later I had a little sister 3 years younger than me. I moved back in with my Mom. I had to take care of a Baby when I was 3 years old. I was changing diapers and making sure we had food at 3. There was one time I remember most of all. My little Sister; 1 at the time. Was so thirsty and I couldn't reach the sink so she got water out of the toilet. Imagine being so thirsty that you drink out of the toilet. But that was my normal. I knew nothing else. It was hard when I realized that Washington state rules that if you were adopted after 13 then you get your whole college paid. I was in a terrible situation for 9 years and the state making that age bracket after they gave off this “I wanna help all the kids succeed” motto is frustrating. The State says they care about foster kids and want to support them. They're supposed to take care of us but they only wanna protect their money. Did you know that only 32% of foster kids graduate high school? “Approximately 512,000 children were in foster care on the last day of 2006” which is the year I was born. That means out of 512,00 only 163,840 will graduate high school. “Less than 10% of foster youth pursue higher education. Only 3% will graduate with a four-year degree. Less than 0.5 -1% will graduate with a master's or higher” At most 15,360 kids will graduate college and 5,120 kids will get a master's or higher. With those odds against us, why try? I took a health class when I was a freshman. The teacher's name was Ms. Karkau. She showed me it's possible to break that cycle. It took me a while to realize want to pursue a career in psychology and eventually earn my Ph.D. to work with children and help them get their lives on track. I am eager to attend this college because I am passionate about making a difference. My goal is to care for and support the next generation as much as I can, so they can break their cycles and live the lives they desire, not the lives they were born into. Ultimately, I want to care for kids who were in my situation and help them know that people do care about them. I want to be in control. I want to make a difference in the world. I want to be an advocate for children who live lives like mine.

My name is Anna Camp. I will be the first person to graduate from high school from my family. I didn't have a typical childhood. My birth Mom had me and my twin when she was 19. Our birth Father was not dating my Mom. He was 54 years old. It was a drug transaction. I was in Foster Care for 9 years. My first memory was that my Twin Sister and I would always be alone. My Mom was asleep or gone. We knew that our Neighbor would give us food so we relied on her. When I was 2, I had to go into the system for the first time. My Mom wanted to get away so she gave us to one of her drug buddies. Long story short they found us 2 months later 4 hours away. We went to our Aunt and Uncle's house. My Mom went to rehab; and got pregnant, 9 months later I had a little sister 3 years younger than me. I moved back in with my Mom. I had to take care of a Baby when I was 3 years old. I was changing diapers and making sure we had food at 3. There was one time I remember most of all. My little Sister; 1 at the time. Was so thirsty and I couldn't reach the sink so she got water out of the toilet. Imagine being so thirsty that you drink out of the toilet. But that was my normal. I knew nothing else. It was hard when I realized that Washington state rules that if you were adopted after 13 then you get your whole college paid. I was in a terrible situation for 9 years and the state making that age bracket after they gave off this “I wanna help all the kids succeed” motto is frustrating. The State says they care about foster kids and want to support them. They're supposed to take care of us but they only wanna protect their money. Did you know that only 32% of foster kids graduate high school? “Approximately 512,000 children were in foster care on the last day of 2006” which is the year I was born. That means out of 512,00 only 163,840 will graduate high school. “Less than 10% of foster youth pursue higher education. Only 3% will graduate with a four-year degree. Less than 0.5 -1% will graduate with a master's or higher” At most 15,360 kids will graduate college and 5,120 kids will get a master's or higher. With those odds against us, why try? I took a health class when I was a freshman. The teacher's name was Ms. Karkau. She showed me it's possible to break that cycle. It took me a while to realize want to pursue a career in psychology and eventually earn my Ph.D. to work with children and help them get their lives on track. I am eager to attend this college because I am passionate about making a difference. My goal is to care for and support the next generation as much as I can, so they can break their cycles and live the lives they desire, not the lives they were born into. Ultimately, I want to care for kids who were in my situation and help them know that people do care about them. I want to be in control. I want to make a difference in the world. I want to be an advocate for children who live lives like mine.

My name is Anna Camp. I'm from Vancouver Washington. I Love science and learning. I have taken every science class at my school. I love drawing and listening to music. I will be the first person to graduate from high school from my family. I didn't have a typical childhood. My birth Mom had me and my twin when she was 19. Our birth Father was not dating my Mom. He was 54 years old. It was a drug transaction. I was in Foster Care for 9 years. Did you know that only 32% of foster kids graduate high school? “Approximately 512,000 children were in foster care on the last day of 2006” which is the year I was born. That means out of 512,00 only 163,840 will graduate high school. “Less than 10% of foster youth pursue higher education. Only 3% will graduate with a four-year degree. Less than 0.5 -1% will graduate with a master's or higher” At most 15,360 kids will graduate college and 5,120 kids will get a master's or higher. That had a HUGE impact on my mental health when I was younger knowing that everything was against me but I took a health class when I was a freshman. The teacher's name was Ms. Karkau. She showed me it's possible to break that cycle. It took me a while to realize that I wanted to pursue a career in psychology and eventually earn my Ph.D. to work with children and help them get their lives on track. I am eager to attend this college because I am passionate about making a difference. My goal is to care for and support the next generation as much as I can, so they can break their cycles and live the lives they desire, not the lives they were born into. Ultimately, I want to care for kids in my situation and help them know that people care about them. I want to be in control. I want to make a difference in the world. I want to be an advocate for children who live lives like mine. I love listening to people and helping them feel like they're not alone. I have had tons of mental health problems and I have had friends who have committed suicide and I don't want anyone or family to experience that pain ever again. I want to study the brain and help fix the mental health problems in this world. P.S sorry I don't have a selfie with taylor swift but I did go to her concert.