Crashing Into Adulthood

Gail Fisher

The Los Angeles Times

Crashing Into Adulthood-Freedom-After ricocheting through a dozen foster homes over the past six years, including a detour to a Utah home for disturbed girls, Janea's life as a foster child ends today. Purple hair and tattoos hidden beneath her cap and gown, she beams with pride as she graduates from LA Quinta High School, Class of 2001.

Gail Fisher, "Crashing Into Adulthood," in POYi Archive, Item #32299, http://archive.poy.org/items/show/32299 (accessed May 25, 2025).