2 Victoria Rowell’s Life In Foster Care Led Her to Become an Advocate
Former “The Young and the Restless” star Victoria Rowell spent her entire childhood bouncing from home to home, never officially being adopted into a family. NPR reported Rowell’s experience led her to dedicate her life to advocating for children in foster care.
“For anyone who has spent any portion of their childhood as a ward of the state, the notion of emancipation has multiple meanings,” Rowell said in her 2007 book, “The Women Who Raised Me.” “It wasn’t until I was forty-three years old and a working mother of two that I finally set myself free.”
1 DMX’s Life Experiences Inspired His Famous Monkier
The Dark Man X, better known as DMX, has used his harsh life experiences to influence his songs and one of those occurrences includes life in foster care. In addition to that the rapper, whose real name is Earl Simmons, lived in group homes and youth camps as he grew up. He also spent his youth facing abuse, which led him to live on the streets. In order to survive, DMX would commit robberies that resulted in arrests. That legal trouble has followed him throughout his adult life.
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