Name: Stacy Johnson YAB involvement/ Care Experience: In Kinship care and in a foster home placement, Chair of the Southwestern Youth Advisory Board As a former foster care youth, Stacy learned how to advocate for her and others in the child welfare system. Stacey works to change policies that will have a positive effect on children and families involved in the foster care system. In May 2008, Stacy graduate from Carlow University where she received her bachelors’ degree in Political Science. She is grateful to receive a college education that has taught her how to work with people and perform work from an administrator’s point of view. Most importantly, college has taught Stacy to have a community organizer perspective when advocating for youth and families. Stacy currently works for the Allegheny Department of Human Services Executive office. In addition, she is working on her MSW at the University of Pittsburgh and later plans to pursue her Doctorates degree. Stacy Johnson is being honored with an award from the Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh. Stacy was chosen for the award because of her work in advocating for foster care youth throughout the state of Pennsylvania.
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Education/Employment: University Pittsburgh MSW, Allegheny Department of Human Services 