Foster Career Experience is a career podcast that exclusively features interviews with people who’ve had experience with the foster care system. Each short episode features the unique story of a foster care alum, including their life experiences, their career journey, what it’s been like navigating the workplace and their advice to others.
Bonus Episode with LifeWorks: Breaking Cycles of Instability with Community and Support
Today's bonus episode of Foster Career Experience, a podcast about the career experiences of foster care alumni, features LifeWorks, a nonprofit organization. LifeWorks supports youth, including youth who have aged out of foster care, who are seeking housing, counseling, education and workforce programs. Hear about:
1:00: Common challenges LifeWorks' clients face
5:22: LifeWorks' housing interventions
9:03: LifeWorks' workforce programs and how employers can partner with the organization
17:32: How-to get involved
Learn more about LifeWorks at lifeworksaustin.org.
31 Jan 2024
Recap: Exploring a Constellation of Themes and Workplace Applications with Dr. Amy Ware
Today's episode of Foster Career Experience, a podcast about the career experiences of foster care alumni, features a look back at themes that emerged across the individual stories shared this season. Dr. Amy Ware, director of the Organizational Dynamics Program at the University of Pennsylvania, joins the episode to outline how we can learn from colleagues’ experiences that differ from our own and how we can apply these learnings in the workplace using compassion and courage. You’ll also hear familiar voices from previous episodes, as we discuss themes related to helping others, self-reliance, advocacy, security and relationships at work.
Learn more at fostercareerexperience.com.
27 Sept 2023
It Takes a Village: Vanessa
Today's episode of Foster Career Experience, a podcast about the career experiences of foster care alumni, features Vanessa, a millennial who works in social services. Vanessa shares how her experiences with social workers shaped her life, the importance of setting boundaries at work, and how we all can get involved by learning more about issues that matter to us.
Learn more at fostercareerexperience.com.
20 Sept 2023
Seeing the Art Around Us: MJ
Today's episode of Foster Career Experience, a podcast about the career experiences of foster care alumni, features MJ, a Gen Z college student. MJ speaks about art as a form of therapy and self-expression, managing triggers at work, the importance of finding a supportive work environment, and what she dreams for her future.
Learn more at fostercareerexperience.com.
13 Sept 2023
Between Before and After is Now: Dustin
Today's episode of Foster Career Experience, a podcast about the career experiences of foster care alumni, features Dustin, a millennial who works in health care. Dustin shares his passion for continuous improvement both inside and outside of work, learning to take measured risks and not base decisions on fear, and the kind of leader he wants to be in the future.
Learn more at fostercareerexperience.com.
6 Sept 2023
Life is More Colorful When There’s Room to Shine: Chelsea
Today's episode of Foster Career Experience, a podcast about the career experiences of foster care alumni, features Chelsea, a millennial college student. Chelsea shares about overcoming negative self-narratives and limiting beliefs that others had placed upon her, how being a social work major helped her better understand her own story, and how she's working to embrace the belief that she deserves to celebrate her successes and enjoy life.
Learn more at fostercareerexperience.com.
30 Aug 2023
Bringing Your ‘Whole Self’ to Work Includes Emotions: Victor
Today's episode of Foster Career Experience, a podcast about the career experiences of foster care alumni, features Victor, a millennial who works in communications. Victor speaks about sharing his identity at work as a person who was adopted, how communicating emotions in the corporate workplace can be challenging, the importance of workplace security and normalizing failure, and what he hopes for the future of work.
Learn more at fostercareerexperience.com.
23 Aug 2023
How to Make Peace with Deer and Yourself: Shyla
Today's episode of Foster Career Experience, a podcast about the career experiences of foster care alumni, features Shyla, a Gen Z college student. Shyla speaks about perfectionism and burnout, how she's learning to prioritize her own well-being, what it means to be a role model for her sisters and what happened when they visited her at college.
Learn more at fostercareerexperience.com.
16 Aug 2023
Mission-Driven Leadership: Raychel
"Today's episode of Foster Career Experience, a podcast about the career experiences of foster care alumni, features Raychel, a millennial who works in social services. Raychel speaks about the misconceptions of foster care, the importance of caring for your team as a leader, and how having similar values and goals can strengthen your organization and your ability to have an impact.
Learn more at fostercareerexperience.com. "
9 Aug 2023
Coming Home to Yourself: Miles
Today's episode of Foster Career Experience, a podcast about the career experiences of foster care alumni, features Miles, a Gen Z college student. Miles talks about paying for college and the challenges of using a waiver for former foster youth, how he's grown and become more comfortable being himself thanks to the community he's found, and how his dreams for the future have evolved.
Learn more at fostercareerexperience.com.
2 Aug 2023
How Do You Hold a Moonbeam in Your Hand?: Brenda
Today's episode of Foster Career Experience, a podcast about the career experiences of foster care alumni, features Brenda, a Gen Xer who works in health care. Brenda shares how she learned to overcome self-doubt and ask for help to reach her goals, challenges with navigating friendships and hierarchy at work, and what it's like to be raised (in part) by nuns.
Learn more at fostercareerexperience.com.
26 Jul 2023
The Practice of Faith and Figuring It Out: April
Today's episode of Foster Career Experience, a podcast about the career experiences of foster care alumni, features April, a millennial who works in social services. April shares about the difficulties of grieving while managing responsibilities and being present for your family. She also talks about the importance of work relationships and how she's actively working toward her goals for the future - for herself and her family.
Learn more at fostercareerexperience.com.
19 Jul 2023
Door Number Three: Clifton
Today's episode of Foster Career Experience, a podcast about the career experiences of foster care alumni, features Clifton. Clifton is the twin of Charles, and is also a baby boomer who retired from the automotive industry, who now works as a business consultant, speaker and author. Clifton shares about his family history and how their financial struggles led to his time in foster care. He also shares why he decided to publish a book that could cost him his job, and why it's never too late to start making the right decisions for you.
Learn more at fostercareerexperience.com
12 Jul 2023
Bull Rider of the Year: Charles
"Today's episode of Foster Career Experience, a podcast about the career experiences of foster care alumni, features Charles, a baby boomer who retired from the automotive industry and now works as a business consultant. Charles shares how he and his twin brother faced challenges throughout life together, the importance of understanding your own values, and how this automotive salesman ended up in a bullpen... on purpose.
Learn more at fostercareerexperience.com."
5 Jul 2023
Role Models: Claudia
Today's episode of Foster Career Experience, a podcast about the career experiences of foster care alumni, features Claudia, a millennial working in financial services. Claudia shares about balancing career goals and parenting goals, the support she received from her employer during the pandemic, what drives her professionally, and what it's like to be the role model she has always wanted to be.
Learn more at fostercareerexperience.com.
28 Jun 2023
Feet on the Ground, Dreams in the Clouds: Kimberly
"Today's episode of Foster Career Experience, a podcast about the career experiences of foster care alumni, features Kimberly, a millennial who works in the service industry. Kimberly shares how her previous experiences have shaped how she leads her team with empathy, her challenges with her supervisor, her goals for the future and how her trauma will always be with her.
Learn more at fostercareerexperience.com. "
27 Jun 2023
Understanding the Foster Care System in Texas with Hannah Stavinoha Harkey
There are a lot of misconceptions about the foster care system and how it works. So, to help provide context for future episodes, we're starting off this series with an episode on how the foster care system currently works in Texas. Today's episode of Foster Career Experience features an interview with Hannah, a former social worker and co-founder of a foster care agency.
Learn more at fostercareerexperience.com.
20 Jun 2023
Welcome to Foster Career Experience
Foster Career Experience is a career podcast that exclusively features interviews with people who’ve had experience with the foster care system. Each short episode will feature the unique story of a foster care alum, including their life experiences, their career journey, what it’s been like navigating the workplace and their advice to others. Our first episodes drop
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