Podcasts about black foster youth handbook

Jayne Amelia speaks with Ångela Quijada Banks. Ångela is a former foster youth and  an NAACP Image Awards Nominee and American Award-winning author of the Black Foster Youth Handbook.  As a certified holistic health coach she supports women impact leaders to get re-energized for life and reconnected to their purpose, passions and personal relationships. She is the founder of Soulful Liberation, a movement to liberate oneself and also  the community. As a transformational speaker and artist, she has impacted thousands with a message to alchemize pain to purpose and power through holistic health and healing trauma with coaching, workshops, training, and programming. As a nationally recognized community leader and philanthropist, Ångela started the Soulful Liberation movement, impacting over 30,000 people to revolutionize historically oppressive systems through holistic health and healing trauma with coaching, workshops, training, and programming. Learn more at Angelaquijadabanks.comBlack Foster Youth Handbook

Anita had a terrible 18th birthday (she'll tell you later), but not much changed for her when she legally became an adult. For tens of thousands of young folks in the U.S. each year who turn 18 while in foster care, "legal adulthood" brings a slew of new challenges. Two women who aged out of foster care tell Anita about their experiences and how they informed the relationships they're building today. Plus, she meets someone who's seen the foster care system from both sides — as a kid, and as a foster parent. Meet the guests: Stephani Smith, a mental health professional, shares how her time in foster care shaped her philosophy on relationships — especially the relationship with her stepdaughter Ángela Quijada-Banks, holistic purpose coach and author of "The Black Foster Youth Handbook," explains how her foster care experience impacted her romantic relationships Jessica Lloyd-Rogers, chair of the National Foster Parents Association Council of State Affiliates, talks about how her own time in the system informed how she parented her daughter and the young people she fostered Read the transcript | Review the podcast Follow Embodied on Twitter and Instagram

Discouragement is a blessing in disguise with Ángela Quijada-Banks What if we could see beyond the discouraging experiences and see the blessing within it? Listen in as Ángela shares her journey and how discouraging experiences helped her get more clear about her evolution of self and purpose. Learn more about JIT for Foster Youth: https://jitfosteryouth.org/ ---- Order your copy of The Black Foster Youth Handbook here. About our hostess- Angela Quijada-Banks, (she/her) is an American Award-winning author, a transformational speaker, and a holistic health coach. Her book, the Black Foster Youth Handbook earned her an NAACP Image Award nomination (in the outstanding literary work category), and went on to receive several awards including first place in the Chanticleer International Book Awards. Her Ebook, The 7 Day Raw Cleanse gained quick traction and has over 600 downloads. She is currently writing a new book set to release in March 2023. Ángela has touched thousands through her speaking engagements and message encouraging others to alchemize their pain into purpose and power. Through her coaching, she supports women impact leaders who are also wives by supporting their holistic wellness journey to become re-energized for life and reconnect to their passions, purpose, and partner. As a nationally recognized community leader and philanthropist, Ángela started the Soulful Liberation movement, impacting over 30,000 people. This movement helped to revolutionize historically oppressive systems by healing trauma utilizing holistic health, coaching, workshops, training, and programming. Ángela is an adventurer at heart and wife to her amazing husband, Michael who is a United States Marine. The couple currently live in San Diego, California with their 2 cats, Luna and Felix. Ángela enjoys traveling the world, engaging in creative and artful projects including, music, dance, photography and poetry. She also enjoys exploring nature and nestling her head in a good book. On days she is not leading her company, coaching, or community organizing, you can find Ángela binge-watching tv shows, at a concert, learning something new, or getting an adrenaline rush at an amusement park with beloved family and friends. The Soulful Liberation movement- is all about alchemizing your pain to purpose and power. To explore what freedom, joy, love and the human experience is without the shackles of our past trauma, and generational cultural norms that create harm. It's about being on a journey of holistically healing so that you can go back and support someone else's journey in healing and revolutionizing oppressive systems. Holistically heal. Be Free. Be You. www.soulfulliberation.com

In this episode, Ángela Quijada-Banks shares with listeners how she began to envision a life beyond her reality and encourages listeners to expand their vision of who they want to become. She shares a bit about the Black Foster Youth Handbook and in what ways we may need to take a look at ideas that may be holding us back from freedom. ---- Order your copy of The Black Foster Youth Handbook here. About our hostess- Angela Quijada-Banks, (she/her) is an American Award-winning author, a transformational speaker, and a holistic health coach. Her book, the Black Foster Youth Handbook earned her an NAACP Image Award nomination (in the outstanding literary work category), and went on to receive several awards including first place in the Chanticleer International Book Awards. Her Ebook, The 7 Day Raw Cleanse gained quick traction and has over 600 downloads. She is currently writing a new book set to release in March 2023. Ángela has touched thousands through her speaking engagements and message encouraging others to alchemize their pain into purpose and power. Through her coaching, she supports women impact leaders who are also wives by supporting their holistic wellness journey to prioritize their well-being, recommit to their partners, and reconnect to their passions and purpose. As a nationally recognized community leader and philanthropist, Ángela started the Soulful Liberation movement, impacting over 30,000 people. This movement helped to revolutionize historically oppressive systems by healing trauma utilizing holistic health, coaching, workshops, training, and programming. Ángela is an adventurer at heart and wife to her amazing husband, Michael who is a United States Marine. The couple currently live in San Diego, California with their 2 cats, Luna and Felix. Ángela enjoys traveling the world, engaging in creative and artful projects including, music, dance, photography and poetry. She also enjoys exploring nature and nestling her head in a good book. On days she is not leading her company, coaching, or community organizing, you can find Ángela binge-watching tv shows, at a concert, learning something new, or getting an adrenaline rush at an amusement park with beloved family and friends. The Soulful Liberation movement- is all about alchemizing your pain to purpose and power. To explore what freedom, joy, love and the human experience is without the shackles of our past trauma, and generational cultural norms that create harm. It's about being on a journey of holistically healing so that you can go back and support someone else's journey in healing and revolutionizing oppressive systems. Holistically heal. Be Free. Be You. www.soulfulliberation.com

Ángela Quijada-Banks, (she/her) is an NAACP Image Awards Nominee and American Award-winning author of the Black Foster Youth Handbook. As a transformational speaker, she has touched thousands with her message to alchemize your pain to purpose and power. Through her holistic health coaching she supports spiritual wives in business to heal their acne, recover from iron deficiency anemia and prioritize their well-being without the sacrifice of their relationships,purpose or passions. As a nationally recognized community leader and philanthropist, she started the Soulful Liberation movement, impacting over 30,000 people to revolutionize historically oppressive systems through holistic health and healing trauma with coaching, workshops, training, and programming. She is currently writing a new book set to release September 2022. Soulful Liberation movement ( workshops and trainings ) : www.soulfulliberation.com The Black Foster Youth Handbook & I Am Success workbook-youth companion guide : www.soulfulliberation.com/books Ángela's portfolio: www.originalsoulflower.com Holistic health coaching for spiritual wives in business: www.angelaquijadabanks.com

Our guest on the Soulful Liberation podcast today is the incredible Victor Sims who is featured in the I Am Success Workbook- Youth companion guide to the Black Foster Youth Handbook. Our guest, Victor Sims Victor Sims is a community leader, seasoned speaker and the founder of Guiding Hope Inc, Child Welfare Agency that was founded in July of 2020 because of the growing and expansive needs of the Child Welfare System. As a tedx speaker he focuses on the imperative aspects of social capital for youth in foster care. Although experiencing Florida's foster care system, Victor has traveled the country advising legislators on various issues regarding teens' experiences in foster care. Having been a part of many initiatives and successful pilot programs, Victor's main aim is to inspire hope within others who are experiencing a sense of hopelessness so that they can shift their perspective for good no matter how rough their start was. ---- Order your copy of The Black Foster Youth Handbook here. About our hostess- Ángela Quijada-Banks is a Holistic health coach for purpose-led professional and entrepreneurial-spirited women who struggle with chronic burnout. She is an NAACP Image Award Nominated, American author of the best-selling book, The Black Foster Youth Handbook: 50+ Lessons I learned to successfully age-out of foster care and holistically heal. She is the Founder of Soulful Liberation which started as a podcast to support young people with trauma navigate their healing journey during the pandemic and has expanded into a movement to liberate one's self and community! As a transformational speaker and artist, she has impacted thousands with her message to alchemize your pain to purpose and power. Ángela is a scholar at Legacy Holistic Health Institute studying Holistic Health and wellness. Through her everyday work with helping young people uncover their divine purpose, performing spoken word events, facilitating workshops, and political advisory to legislators across the nation, she aims to aid in a revolutionary change in the areas of holistic health, economic injustices, child welfare disparities, cultural awareness and identity within low-wealth communities of color both on a micro and macro level. Born in Anaheim, CA her reach has spanned across the nation and in several countries. And for her, this is only the beginning of her movement to promote generational soulful liberation of self and community. Between her day-to-day adventures, Ángela enjoys traveling the world, exploring various passions such as dancing, singing, self-defense, and adrenaline rushes at amusement parks with her husband, Michael. She is lovingly called a “graceful powerhouse” by all who know her, as she authentically shares her journey with the world. The Soulful Liberation movement- is all about alchemizing your pain to purpose and power. To explore what freedom, joy, love and the human experience is without the shackles of our past trauma, and generational cultural norms that create harm. It's about being on a journey of holistically healing so that you can go back and support someone else's journey in healing and revolutionizing oppressive systems. Holistically heal. Be Free. Be You. www.soulfulliberation.com

Our guest on the Soulful Liberation podcast today is the incredible Veronica Krupnick who is featured in the I Am Success Workbook- Youth companion guide to the Black Foster Youth Handbook. Our guest, Veronica Krupnick: Veronica Krupnick is a member of the Hopi Tribe of Arizona with Jemez Pueblo and Navajo heritage. She is the (MAPS) Program Coordinator with CASA First.She is also a member of the Child Welfare and Race Equity Collaborative, the New Mexico Partners, Tewa Women United and the National Foster Youth and Alumni Policy Council. Her focus is supporting the holistic well-being and healing journey of indigenous people and communities. Learn more about Veronica Krupnick at www.soulfulliberation.com/resources ---- Order your copy of The Black Foster Youth Handbook here. About our hostess- Ángela Quijada-Banks, (she/her) is an NAACP Image Awards Nominee and American Award-winning author of the Black Foster Youth Handbook. As a transformational speaker, she has touched thousands with her message to alchemize your pain to purpose and power. Through her holistic health coaching she supports spiritual wives in business to heal their acne, recover from iron deficiency anemia and prioritize their well-being without the sacrifice of their relationships,purpose or passions. As a nationally recognized community leader and philanthropist, she started the Soulful Liberation movement, impacting over 30,000 people to revolutionize historically oppressive systems through holistic health and healing trauma with coaching, workshops, training, and programming. She is currently writing a new book set to release September 2022. Ángela is an adventurer and wife to her amazing husband, Michael- a United States Marine whom both live in San Diego, California with their 2 cats, Luna and Felix. Ángela enjoys traveling the world, being in creative and artful projects not limited to music, dance, photography and poetry, exploring nature and nestling her head in a good book. On days she is not leading her company, coaching or community organizing- you can find her binge-watching tv shows , at a concert , learning something new or adrenaline rushes at amusement parks with family and friends. The Soulful Liberation movement- is all about alchemizing your pain to purpose and power. To explore what freedom, joy, love and the human experience is without the shackles of our past trauma, and generational cultural norms that create harm. It's about being on a journey of holistically healing so that you can go back and support someone else's journey in healing and revolutionizing oppressive systems. Holistically heal. Be Free. Be You. www.soulfulliberation.com

Our guest on the Soulful Liberation podcast today is the change agent Eric Warner who is featured in the I Am Success Workbook- Youth companion guide to the Black Foster Youth Handbook. Eric Warner (He/They pronouns) first entered care when he was 8 years old. Through a series of traumatic events and rehabilitation he was able to be reunified with his mother. This, unfortunately, would be an unsuccessful reunion and he would re-engage with the child welfare system at 11. While fighting with feeling validated throughout his youth an unwanted, forceful change prompted Eric with the opportunity to make a change in his life. His personal connection to once being a recipient of services from child welfare allows him a unique perspective when engaging in reformation and change implementation for states and nations. Utilizing, further, his skills in navigating the “aging-out” process and accessing services related to higher-education afford him a wide-set view for the changing and adverse needs related to varying populations that make up the foster care and related fields population. After transitioning out of foster care, Eric found himself searching for a heightened purpose and familial connection that would come to him in a unique way. The family connection that has helped him become the person who he is today has been made and entered into with a refreshed gaze and enlightened emotional awareness. This is to describe that he has created the family around him, even to the point of reintroducing biological relatives to his meaning of family and what that would mean to re-engage with him. Through this time in his life he refound his passion for and engaged in higher education and seeking his college degree. He has studied at an array of institutions but now attends courses studying Criminal Justice in his pursuit for his B.A. Eric has had the opportunity to be a public servant for child welfare in varying roles within organizations on a local, state and federal level with each providing more opportunity to enhance his skills and passion for advancing child welfare work and reforming the current structure and ideology of systemic change and implementation. Currently, consultation and collaborative implementation work will allow him the chance to commit his full areas of skill to bring about change needed to promote resilience, self-determination and establish/maintain sufficiency of services and standards for children and young adults in care. - The Soulful Liberation movement- is all about alchemizing your pain to purpose and power. To explore what freedom, joy, love and the human experience is without the shackles of our past trauma, and generational cultural norms that create harm. It's about being on a journey of holistically healing so that you can go back and support someone else's journey in healing and revolutionizing oppressive systems. Holistically heal. Be Free. Be You. www.soulfulliberation.com

The Imprint Weekly Podcast is on vacation, so we're bringing you a bonus podcast today from the great new series "Diaries of A Black Girl in Foster Care."The show's co-hosts include Tashia Roberson Wing, who is pursuing her master's degree in social work and public administration at Ohio State University; Kaysie Getty, a senior program analyst at the Center for the Study of Social Policy; Amnoni Myers, author of “You Are the Prize!;” consultant Alexandria Ware; and Ángela Quijada-Banks, author of “The Black Foster Youth Handbook” and CEO of Soulful Liberation.The ladies were kind enough to let us feature their work while The Imprint Weekly Podcast took a week off here. In the episode you're about hear, which is the second episode of the podcast, they are joined by social workers Cortney Jones and Christa Martinez for a conversation about a whole range of topics including the experience of being a black girl in the foster care system, gaining expertise on child welfare issues, being labeled “resilient,” and how they practice self-care. Reading RoomA New Podcast Speaks to Black Girls' Experience in Foster Carehttps://bit.ly/3uPFZAMSubscribe to Diaries of A Black Girl in Foster CareSpotify: https://spoti.fi/3u0dtNGApple: https://apple.co/3J5GqvDYouTube: https://bit.ly/36RLM0xFollow on Social Media:https://www.facebook.com/BlkGrlDiariesFChttps://twitter.com/BlkGrlDiariesFChttps://instagram.com/BlkGrlDiariesFC

We are joined by NAACP Image Award nominee Ángela Quijada- Banks. She is a certified Holistic health coach for purpose-led professional and entrepreneurial-spirited women who struggle with chronic burnout. She is an award-winning American author of the best-selling books, The Black Foster Youth Handbook: 50+ Lessons I learned to successfully age-out of foster care and holistically heal & the I Am Success workbook-youth companion guide.Born in Anaheim, CA her reach has spanned across the nation and in several countries. And for her, this is only the beginning of her movement to promote generational soulful liberation of self and community.As a transformational speaker and artist, she has impacted thousands with her message to alchemist your pain to purpose and power.Join us as we discuss the importance of representation and what it means to live a new normal.And on all podcast platforms!instagram: @angelaquijadabanks or @originalsoulflowerTwitter: @angelaqbanksBook: www.soulfulliberation.com/books

Get your reading glasses on for today's episode - we're joined by Amnoni Myers, author of the book You Are the Prize: Life Lessons My Little Sister Taught Me and Angela Quijada Banks, author of The Black Foster Youth Handbook.***Welcome to INNOVATE! In Season One, host Angela Tucker highlights 20 REFCA Champions who are inspiring a Re-Envisioning of Foster Care in America. These visionary leaders are using their wisdom, expertise and lived experiences in foster care to transform the foster care narrative from Alaska to New York, California to Missouri, the Pacific Northwest to New England.To learn more about INNOVATE!, the Re-Envisioning Foster Care in America (REFCA) Movement and the Treehouse Foundation, go to treehousefoundation.net. As always, be sure to like and subscribe to the podcast to be notified when new episodes are released.***ABOUT THE HOST:INNOVATE! host, Angela Tucker, is a REFCA Champion and a nationally recognized mentor, entrepreneur, educator and consultant. Angela is a transracial adoptee who, having been adopted from foster care by a white family, grew up in a city that was demographically just 1% Black.She is the Founder of The Adopted Life, a child-welfare consulting business where she strives to center adoptee stories and bring clarity and truth to narratives about race, class and identity.Angela has produced The Adopted Life 3-part web series where she interviews transracially adopted youth. She is the host of The Adoptee Next Door podcast where she amplifies adult adoptee voices to showcase the wide spectrum of experiences. Her own adoption experience searching for and reuniting with her birth family is the subject of the documentary CLOSURE. Angela's first book is scheduled for publication in spring 2023 (Beacon Press).***Angela Tucker - Host & ProducerNicholas Ramsey - Editor & ProducerJudy Cockerton - Executive ProducerDistributed by smallhand.us

In leu of Black History Month, Ángela Quijada-Banks shares her poem When we became Black people. Listen to hear her powerful words on the complexities of Blackness. ----------- If you enjoyed this episode, leave us a review and share with someone who may enjoy this as well. Thank you for stopping by! --------- Order your copy of The Black Foster Youth Handbook here. About our hostess- Ángela Quijada-Banks is a Holistic health coach for purpose-led professional and entrepreneurial-spirited women who struggle with chronic burnout. She is an NAACP Image Award Nominated, American author of the best-selling book, The Black Foster Youth Handbook: 50+ Lessons I learned to successfully age-out of foster care and holistically heal. She is the Founder of Soulful Liberation which started as a podcast to support young people with trauma navigate their healing journey during the pandemic and has expanded into a movement to liberate one's self and community! As a transformational speaker and artist, she has impacted thousands with her message to alchemize your pain to purpose and power. Ángela is a scholar at Legacy Holistic Health Institute studying Holistic Health and wellness. Through her everyday work with helping young people uncover their divine purpose, performing spoken word events, facilitating workshops, and political advisory to legislators across the nation, she aims to aid in a revolutionary change in the areas of holistic health, economic injustices, child welfare disparities, cultural awareness and identity within low-wealth communities of color both on a micro and macro level. Born in Anaheim, CA her reach has spanned across the nation and in several countries. And for her, this is only the beginning of her movement to promote generational soulful liberation of self and community. Between her day-to-day adventures, Ángela enjoys traveling the world, exploring various passions such as dancing, singing, self-defense, and adrenaline rushes at amusement parks with her husband, Michael. She is lovingly called a “graceful powerhouse” by all who know her, as she authentically shares her journey with the world. The Soulful Liberation movement- is all about alchemizing your pain to purpose and power. To explore what freedom, joy, love and the human experience is without the shackles of our past trauma, and generational cultural norms that create harm. It's about being on a journey of holistically healing so that you can go back and support someone else's journey in healing and revolutionizing oppressive systems. Holistically heal. Be Free. Be You. www.soulfulliberation.com

In this edition of our Community Table Talks series, we speak with 4 guests with different perspectives and experiences with the Child Welfare program. We start with Judge Ann Meinster from Jefferson County Colorado, Korey Elder, the Permanency Manager from the Colorado Division of Child Welfare, Ángela Quijada-Banks, author of The Black Foster Youth Handbook: 50+ Lessons I Learned to Successfully Age-Out of Foster Care and Holistically Heal (Soulful Liberation Publishing), and Bill DeLisio, the Family Law Program Manager at the Colorado State Court Administrator's Office. Each guest offers their own perspective on our two questions - What is the most pressing issue in Child Welfare Today, and What is the number one way we can make a substantial difference. The panel has a lot to say, and shares some big ideas. More information on the guests, and links to their other work, can be found on our website at Grayspeakstrategies.com in the News from the Peak section. We encourage you to also search for the Soulful Liberation Podcast to hear more from Ángela Quijada-Banks.

Our guest, Rimy Morris Rimy Morris: Rimy Morris is 24 year old and has 11 years of lived experience in child welfare. She is the co-founder of Raising Resilience, an organization created to act as a support to minority communities through providing tools, training and custom made resources to support them and the people who work with them. She is also the author of the Foster Parents; Caring in Color and the Foster Parents; Caring in Color Guidebook.Rimy works in multiple spaces in child welfare, nationally and locally, to help young people currently experiencing care to find their voices. Rimy is currently working to expand her public speaking, training and planning to publish more resources to aid in creating change in child welfare. Learn more about Rimy Morris at www.soulfulliberation.com/resources About Raising resilience- https://raisingresilience.squarespace.com/ Grab her books- https://raisingresilience.squarespace.com/foster-parents-caring-in-color -------------------------------------- Order your copy of The Black Foster Youth Handbook here. About our hostess- Ángela Quijada-Banks is a Holistic health coach for purpose-led professional and entrepreneurial-spirited women who struggle with chronic burnout. She is an NAACP Image Award Nominated, American author of the best-selling book, The Black Foster Youth Handbook: 50+ Lessons I learned to successfully age-out of foster care and holistically heal. She is the Founder of Soulful Liberation which started as a podcast to support young people with trauma navigate their healing journey during the pandemic and has expanded into a movement to liberate one's self and community! As a transformational speaker and artist, she has impacted thousands with her message to alchemize your pain to purpose and power. Ángela is a scholar at Legacy Holistic Health Institute studying Holistic Health and wellness. Through her everyday work with helping young people uncover their divine purpose, performing spoken word events, facilitating workshops, and political advisory to legislators across the nation, she aims to aid in a revolutionary change in the areas of holistic health, economic injustices, child welfare disparities, cultural awareness and identity within low-wealth communities of color both on a micro and macro level. Born in Anaheim, CA her reach has spanned across the nation and in several countries. And for her, this is only the beginning of her movement to promote generational soulful liberation of self and community. Between her day-to-day adventures, Ángela enjoys traveling the world, exploring various passions such as dancing, singing, self-defense, and adrenaline rushes at amusement parks with her husband, Michael. She is lovingly called a “graceful powerhouse” by all who know her, as she authentically shares her journey with the world. The Soulful Liberation movement- is all about alchemizing your pain to purpose and power. To explore what freedom, joy, love and the human experience is without the shackles of our past trauma, and generational cultural norms that create harm. It's about being on a journey of holistically healing so that you can go back and support someone else's journey in healing and revolutionizing oppressive systems. Holistically heal. Be Free. Be You. www.soulfulliberation.com

Our guest on the Soulful Liberation podcast today is the inspiring Cedric Riley who is featured in the I Am Success Workbook- Youth companion guide to the Black Foster Youth Handbook. Our guest, Cedric Riley Cedric Riley: Resiliency Expert dedicated to community leadership and success for himself and others. He is the creator of “America's Next Motivator!” Tv show and the founder of Motivatefosterkids.com. Riley is a marathoner, scholar and family man whose motto is “Success is a Choice!” Determined to provide a source of motivation to the youth and a breath of fresh air to their leaders, Cedric believes that his work will uplift the community domestically and nationally. Learn more about Cedric Riley at www.soulfulliberation.com/resources Watch America's next motivator- https://www.facebook.com/AmericasNEXTMotivator/ Connect with him at www.motivatefosterkids.com & www.cedricriley.org ---- Order your copy of The Black Foster Youth Handbook here. About our hostess- Ángela Quijada-Banks is a Holistic health coach for purpose-led professional and entrepreneurial-spirited women who struggle with chronic burnout. She is an NAACP Image Award Nominated, American author of the best-selling book, The Black Foster Youth Handbook: 50+ Lessons I learned to successfully age-out of foster care and holistically heal. She is the Founder of Soulful Liberation which started as a podcast to support young people with trauma navigate their healing journey during the pandemic and has expanded into a movement to liberate one's self and community! As a transformational speaker and artist, she has impacted thousands with her message to alchemize your pain to purpose and power. Ángela is a scholar at Legacy Holistic Health Institute studying Holistic Health and wellness. Through her everyday work with helping young people uncover their divine purpose, performing spoken word events, facilitating workshops, and political advisory to legislators across the nation, she aims to aid in a revolutionary change in the areas of holistic health, economic injustices, child welfare disparities, cultural awareness and identity within low-wealth communities of color both on a micro and macro level. Born in Anaheim, CA her reach has spanned across the nation and in several countries. And for her, this is only the beginning of her movement to promote generational soulful liberation of self and community. Between her day-to-day adventures, Ángela enjoys traveling the world, exploring various passions such as dancing, singing, self-defense, and adrenaline rushes at amusement parks with her husband, Michael. She is lovingly called a “graceful powerhouse” by all who know her, as she authentically shares her journey with the world. The Soulful Liberation movement- is all about alchemizing your pain to purpose and power. To explore what freedom, joy, love and the human experience is without the shackles of our past trauma, and generational cultural norms that create harm. It's about being on a journey of holistically healing so that you can go back and support someone else's journey in healing and revolutionizing oppressive systems. Holistically heal. Be Free. Be You. www.soulfulliberation.com

Our guest on the Soulful Liberation podcast today is the inspiring Tamisha Macklin who is featured in the I Am Success Workbook- Youth companion guide to the Black Foster Youth Handbook. Our guest, Tamisha Macklin Tamisha Macklin: 6 years as Elevating Connections Program Manager, 3 yrs as Housing Navigator at Urban Peak, Writer, and Poet Learn more about Tamisha Macklin at www.soulfulliberation.com/resources ELEVATING CONNECTIONS's vision is: To be a community resource in reuniting siblings separated in foster care. That we reduce the number of youth who are left without permanent connections upon emancipation, thereby increasing the number of emancipating youth who are able to lead happy, productive lives. Connect with them at https://www.elevatingconnections.org/ ---- Order your copy of The Black Foster Youth Handbook here. About our hostess- Ángela Quijada-Banks is a Holistic health coach for purpose-led professional and entrepreneurial-spirited women who struggle with chronic burnout. She is an NAACP Image Award Nominated, American author of the best-selling book, The Black Foster Youth Handbook: 50+ Lessons I learned to successfully age-out of foster care and holistically heal. She is the Founder of Soulful Liberation which started as a podcast to support young people with trauma navigate their healing journey during the pandemic and has expanded into a movement to liberate one's self and community! As a transformational speaker and artist, she has impacted thousands with her message to alchemize your pain to purpose and power. Ángela is a scholar at Legacy Holistic Health Institute studying Holistic Health and wellness. Through her everyday work with helping young people uncover their divine purpose, performing spoken word events, facilitating workshops, and political advisory to legislators across the nation, she aims to aid in a revolutionary change in the areas of holistic health, economic injustices, child welfare disparities, cultural awareness and identity within low-wealth communities of color both on a micro and macro level. Born in Anaheim, CA her reach has spanned across the nation and in several countries. And for her, this is only the beginning of her movement to promote generational soulful liberation of self and community. Between her day-to-day adventures, Ángela enjoys traveling the world, exploring various passions such as dancing, singing, self-defense, and adrenaline rushes at amusement parks with her husband, Michael. She is lovingly called a “graceful powerhouse” by all who know her, as she authentically shares her journey with the world. The Soulful Liberation movement- is all about alchemizing your pain to purpose and power. To explore what freedom, joy, love and the human experience is without the shackles of our past trauma, and generational cultural norms that create harm. It's about being on a journey of holistically healing so that you can go back and support someone else's journey in healing and revolutionizing oppressive systems. Holistically heal. Be Free. Be You. www.soulfulliberation.com

On this episode of Fostering Change we sit down with Ángela Quijada-Banks!Ángela Quijada-Banks is a NAACP Image Award Nominated, American author of the best-selling book, The Black Foster Youth Handbook , Founder and C.E.O of Soulful Liberation ( a Book publishing company and podcast; where she aims to empower foster youth by day and break generational curses by night). She is the Founder and program director at Consciously Melanated Queens ( a community to support the holistic wellbeing of young women of color and providing guidance to uncover their divine purpose.) As a transformational speaker and artist, she has impacted thousands with her message to transmute your pain to purpose and power. As of 2021, Ángela is a scholar at Legacy Holistic Health Institute studying Holistic Health and plant medicine coaching. Through her everyday work with helping young people uncover their divine purpose, performing spoken word events, workshops, Board member at the FCN foundation and political advisory to legislators across the nation, she aims to aid in revolutionary change in holistic health, economic injustices, child-welfare disparities, cultural competency and identity within low-wealth communities of color both on a micro and macro level.In her most recent best-selling book, The Black Foster Youth Handbook she sheds light on a taboo topic through her own personal experience highlighting 50+ lessons she learned in order to support young people's journey and equip them with necessary tools to successfully age-out of foster care and holistically heal.Born in Anaheim, CA her reach has spanned across the nation and in several countries. Since the age of three years old, when she was first introduced to swing dancing she has always come back to it even in the most unstable of circumstances.To this day, Ángela is still open to learning new things that excites her including Kung Fu and drumming. Between her day to day adventures, Ángela enjoys traveling the world and adrenaline rushes at amusement parks with her husband, Michael. She is lovingly called a “graceful powerhouse” by all who know her, as she lives by the quote, “ If not me, then who? If not now, then when?”Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/OriginalSoulFlowerInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/originalsoulflower/Twitter: https://twitter.com/Mrs_AngelaBanksLinkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/angelaquijada-banks/Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCTa_p8Ez0Z1xbZ2wpd4sUCgPortfolio: www.originalsoulflower.comDivine Purpose coaching: www.consciouslymelanatedqueens.comBook: The Black Foster Youth Handbook , 50+ Lessons I learned to successfully age-out of foster care and holistically heal www.blackfostercareyouthhandbook.com See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Welcome to our segment to expand on the quotes featured in The Black Foster Youth Handbook: 50+ Lessons I learned to successfully age-out of foster care and holistically heal I am your host, Ángela Quijada-Banks & so excited you've decided to join the journey toward Soulful Liberation! Today's Quote: “Do not follow where a path may lead. Go instead where there is no path and leave a trail” -Ralph Emerson Foster Care is a whole other world that most of the world's population knows little to nothing about. Many people do not know the very low statistics young people endure in order to successfully age-out of foster care. Less than 5% of young people with the experience of foster care graduate post-secondary education. There are many youth who become prey to sex-trafficking or susceptible to suicide due to homelessness, mental health challenges and no support system. Now, couple the child welfare system with the element of racial injustices and the history of white supremacy and the topic may even become taboo. Ángela Quijada-Banks, a woman of African and Indigenous descent has taken the liberty of giving back to these communities for a half a decade through advocacy, advisory and organizational training. Through her travels across the nation, speaking to congressional members, federal stakeholders and constituents of the foster care system she decided some sort of manual was needed to combat the shocking low success rates of young people with the background of foster care. This handbook is written to be supplemental to young people in foster care's navigation through foster care and healing beyond it. Supportive adults such as foster/resource parents, case managers, GALs, therapists and social workers will also find this to be helpful in their roles in young people's lives. Success is possible regardless of where you come from, you just have to know where to look, who to trust and believe in the one person that can get you to the other side of pain and trauma, you. Learn more about The Black Foster Youth Handbook here: https://www.blackfostercareyouthhandbook.com/ Learn more about the mission of Soulful Liberation at www.soulfulliberation.com Instagram: @souful_liberation Twitter: @Soulful_lib

Welcome to our segment to expand on the quotes featured in The Black Foster Youth Handbook: 50+ Lessons I learned to successfully age-out of foster care and holistically heal I am your host, Ángela Quijada-Banks & so excited you've decided to join the journey toward Soulful Liberation! Today's Quote: “Success occurs when preparation meets opportunity.” -Zig Ziglar Foster Care is a whole other world that most of the world's population knows little to nothing about. Many people do not know the very low statistics young people endure in order to successfully age-out of foster care. Less than 5% of young people with the experience of foster care graduate post-secondary education. There are many youth who become prey to sex-trafficking or susceptible to suicide due to homelessness, mental health challenges and no support system. Now, couple the child welfare system with the element of racial injustices and the history of white supremacy and the topic may even become taboo. Ángela Quijada-Banks, a woman of African and Indigenous descent has taken the liberty of giving back to these communities for a half a decade through advocacy, advisory and organizational training. Through her travels across the nation, speaking to congressional members, federal stakeholders and constituents of the foster care system she decided some sort of manual was needed to combat the shocking low success rates of young people with the background of foster care. This handbook is written to be supplemental to young people in foster care's navigation through foster care and healing beyond it. Supportive adults such as foster/resource parents, case managers, GALs, therapists and social workers will also find this to be helpful in their roles in young people's lives. Success is possible regardless of where you come from, you just have to know where to look, who to trust and believe in the one person that can get you to the other side of pain and trauma, you. Learn more about The Black Foster Youth Handbook here: https://www.blackfostercareyouthhandbook.com/ Learn more about the mission of Soulful Liberation at www.soulfulliberation.com Instagram: @souful_liberation Twitter: @Soulful_lib

Welcome to our segment to expand on the quotes featured in The Black Foster Youth Handbook: 50+ Lessons I learned to successfully age-out of foster care and holistically heal I am your host, Ángela Quijada-Banks & so excited you've decided to join the journey toward Soulful Liberation! Today's Quote: “What does it mean to succeed? Is it easily labeled by the cliché of going to college followed by an excursion of unlimited educational milestones to a doctoral degree? Is it the white picket fence, lavish outings, and marriage with 2.5 children? Is that truly the goal? Well, for some, but for me, it's not exactly in that order. My life has been a sum of one of a lifetime experiences, travel, trauma, healing, intense love, and many many lessons. Some say I have reached success already, but for me there is always another rock to discover, another idea to be birthed, another feeling to be understood and another breath to be meditated upon. Life is a journey, not a destination, and there is never a true end with success, if you set your mind on it.” - Ángela Quijada-Banks Foster Care is a whole other world that most of the world's population knows little to nothing about. Many people do not know the very low statistics young people endure in order to successfully age-out of foster care. Less than 5% of young people with the experience of foster care graduate post-secondary education. There are many youth who become prey to sex-trafficking or susceptible to suicide due to homelessness, mental health challenges and no support system. Now, couple the child welfare system with the element of racial injustices and the history of white supremacy and the topic may even become taboo. Ángela Quijada-Banks, a woman of African and Indigenous descent has taken the liberty of giving back to these communities for a half a decade through advocacy, advisory and organizational training. Through her travels across the nation, speaking to congressional members, federal stakeholders and constituents of the foster care system she decided some sort of manual was needed to combat the shocking low success rates of young people with the background of foster care. This handbook is written to be supplemental to young people in foster care's navigation through foster care and healing beyond it. Supportive adults such as foster/resource parents, case managers, GALs, therapists and social workers will also find this to be helpful in their roles in young people's lives. Success is possible regardless of where you come from, you just have to know where to look, who to trust and believe in the one person that can get you to the other side of pain and trauma, you. Learn more about The Black Foster Youth Handbook here: https://www.blackfostercareyouthhandbook.com/ Learn more about the mission of Soulful Liberation at www.soulfulliberation.com Instagram: @souful_liberation Twitter: @Soulful_lib

Welcome to our segment to expand on the quotes featured in The Black Foster Youth Handbook: 50+ Lessons I learned to successfully age-out of foster care and holistically heal I am your host, Ángela Quijada-Banks & so excited you've decided to join the journey toward Soulful Liberation! Today's Quote: “Start getting into a mindset where you expect something unexpected to happen. Like a sudden shift. An out of the blue miracle. A possibility of an instant breakthrough. Let yourself loosen up about how things will happen. Trust more. Believe more. Be open to receiving.” -Idil Ahmed Foster Care is a whole other world that most of the world's population knows little to nothing about. Many people do not know the very low statistics young people endure in order to successfully age-out of foster care. Less than 5% of young people with the experience of foster care graduate post-secondary education. There are many youth who become prey to sex-trafficking or susceptible to suicide due to homelessness, mental health challenges and no support system. Now, couple the child welfare system with the element of racial injustices and the history of white supremacy and the topic may even become taboo. Ángela Quijada-Banks, a woman of African and Indigenous descent has taken the liberty of giving back to these communities for a half a decade through advocacy, advisory and organizational training. Through her travels across the nation, speaking to congressional members, federal stakeholders and constituents of the foster care system she decided some sort of manual was needed to combat the shocking low success rates of young people with the background of foster care. This handbook is written to be supplemental to young people in foster care's navigation through foster care and healing beyond it. Supportive adults such as foster/resource parents, case managers, GALs, therapists and social workers will also find this to be helpful in their roles in young people's lives. Success is possible regardless of where you come from, you just have to know where to look, who to trust and believe in the one person that can get you to the other side of pain and trauma, you. Learn more about The Black Foster Youth Handbook here: https://www.blackfostercareyouthhandbook.com/ Learn more about the mission of Soulful Liberation at www.soulfulliberation.com Instagram: @souful_liberation Twitter: @Soulful_lib

Welcome to our segment to expand on the quotes featured in The Black Foster Youth Handbook: 50+ Lessons I learned to successfully age-out of foster care and holistically heal I am your host, Ángela Quijada-Banks & so excited you've decided to join the journey toward Soulful Liberation! Today's Quote: "All success starts with one. One step. One client. One order. One sale. While dreams of greatness are great, we must remember to appreciate the joy of the start." -Muhammad Ali Foster Care is a whole other world that most of the world's population knows little to nothing about. Many people do not know the very low statistics young people endure in order to successfully age-out of foster care. Less than 5% of young people with the experience of foster care graduate post-secondary education. There are many youth who become prey to sex-trafficking or susceptible to suicide due to homelessness, mental health challenges and no support system. Now, couple the child welfare system with the element of racial injustices and the history of white supremacy and the topic may even become taboo. Ángela Quijada-Banks, a woman of African and Indigenous descent has taken the liberty of giving back to these communities for a half a decade through advocacy, advisory and organizational training. Through her travels across the nation, speaking to congressional members, federal stakeholders and constituents of the foster care system she decided some sort of manual was needed to combat the shocking low success rates of young people with the background of foster care. This handbook is written to be supplemental to young people in foster care's navigation through foster care and healing beyond it. Supportive adults such as foster/resource parents, case managers, GALs, therapists and social workers will also find this to be helpful in their roles in young people's lives. Success is possible regardless of where you come from, you just have to know where to look, who to trust and believe in the one person that can get you to the other side of pain and trauma, you. Learn more about The Black Foster Youth Handbook here: https://www.blackfostercareyouthhandbook.com/ Learn more about the mission of Soulful Liberation at www.soulfulliberation.com Instagram: @souful_liberation Twitter: @Soulful_lib

Welcome to our segment to expand on the quotes featured in The Black Foster Youth Handbook: 50+ Lessons I learned to successfully age-out of foster care and holistically heal I am your host, Ángela Quijada-Banks & so excited you've decided to join the journey toward Soulful Liberation! Today's Quote: "Stop counting your days and start making your days count." -Muhammad Ali Foster Care is a whole other world that most of the world's population knows little to nothing about. Many people do not know the very low statistics young people endure in order to successfully age-out of foster care. Less than 5% of young people with the experience of foster care graduate post-secondary education. There are many youth who become prey to sex-trafficking or susceptible to suicide due to homelessness, mental health challenges and no support system. Now, couple the child welfare system with the element of racial injustices and the history of white supremacy and the topic may even become taboo. Ángela Quijada-Banks, a woman of African and Indigenous descent has taken the liberty of giving back to these communities for a half a decade through advocacy, advisory and organizational training. Through her travels across the nation, speaking to congressional members, federal stakeholders and constituents of the foster care system she decided some sort of manual was needed to combat the shocking low success rates of young people with the background of foster care. This handbook is written to be supplemental to young people in foster care's navigation through foster care and healing beyond it. Supportive adults such as foster/resource parents, case managers, GALs, therapists and social workers will also find this to be helpful in their roles in young people's lives. Success is possible regardless of where you come from, you just have to know where to look, who to trust and believe in the one person that can get you to the other side of pain and trauma, you. Learn more about The Black Foster Youth Handbook here: https://www.blackfostercareyouthhandbook.com/ Learn more about the mission of Soulful Liberation at www.soulfulliberation.com Instagram: @souful_liberation Twitter: @Soulful_lib

Welcome to our segment to expand on the quotes featured in The Black Foster Youth Handbook: 50+ Lessons I learned to successfully age-out of foster care and holistically heal I am your host, Ángela Quijada-Banks & so excited you've decided to join the journey toward Soulful Liberation! Today's Quote: "For as long as I am Black...I am historic. I do not need a month...I exist for a lifetime." -Karl Burrow Foster Care is a whole other world that most of the world's population knows little to nothing about. Many people do not know the very low statistics young people endure in order to successfully age-out of foster care. Less than 5% of young people with the experience of foster care graduate post-secondary education. There are many youth who become prey to sex-trafficking or susceptible to suicide due to homelessness, mental health challenges and no support system. Now, couple the child welfare system with the element of racial injustices and the history of white supremacy and the topic may even become taboo. Ángela Quijada-Banks, a woman of African and Indigenous descent has taken the liberty of giving back to these communities for a half a decade through advocacy, advisory and organizational training. Through her travels across the nation, speaking to congressional members, federal stakeholders and constituents of the foster care system she decided some sort of manual was needed to combat the shocking low success rates of young people with the background of foster care. This handbook is written to be supplemental to young people in foster care's navigation through foster care and healing beyond it. Supportive adults such as foster/resource parents, case managers, GALs, therapists and social workers will also find this to be helpful in their roles in young people's lives. Success is possible regardless of where you come from, you just have to know where to look, who to trust and believe in the one person that can get you to the other side of pain and trauma, you. Learn more about The Black Foster Youth Handbook here: https://www.blackfostercareyouthhandbook.com/ Learn more about the mission of Soulful Liberation at www.soulfulliberation.com Instagram: @souful_liberation Twitter: @Soulful_lib

Welcome to our segment to expand on the quotes featured in The Black Foster Youth Handbook: 50+ Lessons I learned to successfully age-out of foster care and holistically heal I am your host, Ángela Quijada-Banks & so excited you've decided to join the journey toward Soulful Liberation! Today's Quote: “When you're in a dark place, you sometimes tend to think you've been buried. Perhaps you've been planted, bloom.” -Unknown Foster Care is a whole other world that most of the world's population knows little to nothing about. Many people do not know the very low statistics young people endure in order to successfully age-out of foster care. Less than 5% of young people with the experience of foster care graduate post-secondary education. There are many youth who become prey to sex-trafficking or susceptible to suicide due to homelessness, mental health challenges and no support system. Now, couple the child welfare system with the element of racial injustices and the history of white supremacy and the topic may even become taboo. Ángela Quijada-Banks, a woman of African and Indigenous descent has taken the liberty of giving back to these communities for a half a decade through advocacy, advisory and organizational training. Through her travels across the nation, speaking to congressional members, federal stakeholders and constituents of the foster care system she decided some sort of manual was needed to combat the shocking low success rates of young people with the background of foster care. This handbook is written to be supplemental to young people in foster care's navigation through foster care and healing beyond it. Supportive adults such as foster/resource parents, case managers, GALs, therapists and social workers will also find this to be helpful in their roles in young people's lives. Success is possible regardless of where you come from, you just have to know where to look, who to trust and believe in the one person that can get you to the other side of pain and trauma, you. Learn more about The Black Foster Youth Handbook here: https://www.blackfostercareyouthhandbook.com/ Learn more about the mission of Soulful Liberation at www.soulfulliberation.com Instagram: @souful_liberation Twitter: @Soulful_lib

Welcome to our segment to expand on the quotes featured in The Black Foster Youth Handbook: 50+ Lessons I learned to successfully age-out of foster care and holistically heal Today's Quote: “Be good to people for no reason. Not because they speak English well. Not because they look well put together. Not because they have a vast vocabulary. Not because you like the way they did their hair. Not because they have expensive shoes on. Not because they look like they have money. Not because they have something to offer you. Not because you may feel sorry for them... Not because you think you'll be blessed later. Just be a decent human being to others. Does that seem too hard?” -Ángela Quijada-Banks Foster Care is a whole other world that most of the world's population knows little to nothing about. Many people do not know the very low statistics young people endure in order to successfully age-out of foster care. Less than 5% of young people with the experience of foster care graduate post-secondary education. There are many youth who become prey to sex-trafficking or susceptible to suicide due to homelessness, mental health challenges and no support system. Now, couple the child welfare system with the element of racial injustices and the history of white supremacy and the topic may even become taboo. Ángela Quijada-Banks, a woman of African and Indigenous descent has taken the liberty of giving back to these communities for a half a decade through advocacy, advisory and organizational training. Through her travels across the nation, speaking to congressional members, federal stakeholders and constituents of the foster care system she decided some sort of manual was needed to combat the shocking low success rates of young people with the background of foster care. This handbook is written to be supplemental to young people in foster care's navigation through foster care and healing beyond it. Supportive adults such as foster/resource parents, case managers, GALs, therapists and social workers will also find this to be helpful in their roles in young people's lives. Success is possible regardless of where you come from, you just have to know where to look, who to trust and believe in the one person that can get you to the other side of pain and trauma, you. Learn more about The Black Foster Youth Handbook here: https://www.blackfostercareyouthhandbook.com/ Learn more about the mission of Soulful Liberation at www.soulfulliberation.com Instagram: @souful_liberation Twitter: @Soulful_lib

Welcome to our segment to expand on the quotes featured in The Black Foster Youth Handbook: 50+ Lessons I learned to successfully age-out of foster care and holistically heal Today's Quote: “You might be temporary in their lives or they might be temporary in yours. But there is nothing temporary about the love or the lesson.” -Tonia Christle Foster Care is a whole other world that most of the world's population knows little to nothing about. Many people do not know the very low statistics young people endure in order to successfully age-out of foster care. Less than 5% of young people with the experience of foster care graduate post-secondary education. There are many youth who become prey to sex-trafficking or susceptible to suicide due to homelessness, mental health challenges and no support system. Now, couple the child welfare system with the element of racial injustices and the history of white supremacy and the topic may even become taboo. Ángela Quijada-Banks, a woman of African and Indigenous descent has taken the liberty of giving back to these communities for a half a decade through advocacy, advisory and organizational training. Through her travels across the nation, speaking to congressional members, federal stakeholders and constituents of the foster care system she decided some sort of manual was needed to combat the shocking low success rates of young people with the background of foster care. This handbook is written to be supplemental to young people in foster care's navigation through foster care and healing beyond it. Supportive adults such as foster/resource parents, case managers, GALs, therapists and social workers will also find this to be helpful in their roles in young people's lives. Success is possible regardless of where you come from, you just have to know where to look, who to trust and believe in the one person that can get you to the other side of pain and trauma, you. Learn more about The Black Foster Youth Handbook here: https://www.blackfostercareyouthhandbook.com/ Learn more about the mission of Soulful Liberation at www.soulfulliberation.com Instagram: @souful_liberation Twitter: @Soulful_lib

Welcome to our segment to expand on the quotes featured in The Black Foster Youth Handbook: 50+ Lessons I learned to successfully age-out of foster care and holistically heal Foster Care is a whole other world that most of the world's population knows little to nothing about. Many people do not know the very low statistics young people endure in order to successfully age-out of foster care. Less than 5% of young people with the experience of foster care graduate post-secondary education. There are many youth who become prey to sex-trafficking or susceptible to suicide due to homelessness, mental health challenges and no support system. Now, couple the child welfare system with the element of racial injustices and the history of white supremacy and the topic may even become taboo. Ángela Quijada-Banks, a woman of African and Indigenous descent has taken the liberty of giving back to these communities for a half a decade through advocacy, advisory and organizational training. Through her travels across the nation, speaking to congressional members, federal stakeholders and constituents of the foster care system she decided some sort of manual was needed to combat the shocking low success rates of young people with the background of foster care. This handbook is written to be supplemental to young people in foster care's navigation through foster care and healing beyond it. Supportive adults such as foster/resource parents, case managers, GALs, therapists and social workers will also find this to be helpful in their roles in young people's lives. Success is possible regardless of where you come from, you just have to know where to look, who to trust and believe in the one person that can get you to the other side of pain and trauma, you. Learn more about The Black Foster Youth Handbook here: https://www.blackfostercareyouthhandbook.com/ Learn more about the mission of Soulful Liberation at www.soulfulliberation.com Instagram: @souful_liberation

We were so pleased to welcome to the podcast Ángela Quijada-Banks. Ms. Quijada-Banks is a NAACP Image Award–nominated, American best-selling author, Founder and C.E.O of Soulful Liberation (a Book publishing company and podcast), and Consciously Melanated Queens, a community to support young women of color to uncover their divine purpose and holistically heal. She came to our attention as the author of The Black Foster Youth Handbook: 50+ Lessons I Learned to Successfully Age-Out of Foster Care and Holistically Heal (Soulful Liberation Publishing). News from the Peak is giving away a copy of the book to the first 5 listeners to post a comment on the News from the Peak section of our website with their favorite quote from the episode. So, enjoy the episode, and leave a comment. Even if you aren't one of the first 5, we'd love to know what you think of the episode.

In this exciting episode we get the privilege of interviewing the world-renowned, NAACP Image Award nominee, and author of one of the most sought after books in the foster community, Angela Quijada-Banks. Angela discusses her journey within the foster care system, how she developed the R.E.A.L. model for self-love and why it was important for her to title the book the Black Foster Youth Handbook. Follow our guest, Angela Quijada-Banks: IG - @originialsoulflower Facebook - @BlackFosterYouthHandbookTo get your copy of The Black Foster Youth Handbook visit https://www.blackfostercareyouthhandbook.com/As always follow @fosteringLIFEorg to stay in the know about upcoming episodes and guest. To suggest a topic or guest email us: admin@fosteringLIFE.orgTo support our mission to empower foster youth to excel in life, visit https://fosteringlife.org/

In this episode featuring Ángela Quijada-Banks, an American best-selling author, Founder and CEO of Soulful Liberation ( a book publishing company and podcast), Program Director, and Holistic Health & Purpose Coach at Consciously Melanated Queens, Decolonizing educator and transformational artist. On the Soulful Liberation podcast, she aims to empower foster youth by day and break generational curses by night. Through her everyday work with helping young people uncover their divine purpose, performing spoken word events, workshops, and political advisory to legislators across the nation, she aims to aid in a revolutionary change in holistic health, economic injustices, child-welfare disparities, cultural competency, and identity within low-wealth communities of color both on a micro and macro level. In her most recent best-selling book, The Black Foster Youth Handbook she sheds light on a taboo topic through her own personal experience highlighting 50+ lessons she learned in order to support young people's journey and equip them with the necessary tools to successfully age-out of foster care and holistically heal. Born in Anaheim, CA her reach has spanned across the nation and in several countries. Since the age of three years old, when she was first introduced to swing dancing she has always come back to it even in the most unstable of circumstances. To this day, Ángela is still open to learning new things that excite her including Kung Fu and drumming. Between her day to day adventures, Ángela enjoys traveling the world and adrenaline rushes at amusement parks with her husband, Michael. She is lovingly called a “graceful powerhouse” by all who know her, as she lives by the quote, “ If not me, then who? If not now, then when?” You can find out more about Ángela Quijada-Banks at originalsoulflower.com, and purchase her book at blackfosteryouthhandbook.com and amazon.com. Ángela's podcast, Soulful Liberation is available on Apple Podcasts.

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