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“The institutionalization of foster care is so detrimental to a young person’s mind. It’s like a prison. Education is key. It is key for understanding yourself, for improving your future, for rising out of the socioeconomic status of poverty. And as we know, poverty is the key to recidivism, the key to drugs, to pain and hatred and not understanding. I chose to rise above it.” — Corey Vollette

In the Texas Tribune, a brief look at some foster kids who made it to college.

Photo: Roy Niswanger

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