May 13, 2016
Lesley Field and Joel Choi: When Joel’s foster mother left town for a multi-week trip, he was sent to Field’s home in Vienna.
Stories this photo appears in:
Vienna: Joel’s Story
After foster care experience: Architecting his own path.
Joel was taken into foster care when he was a high school junior, after reporting to a coach what was going on at home. Schools are “mandatory reporters,” and, as such, they are legally compelled to call social services in a case like Joel’s.
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