Foster Care Adoption

On May 12, 1986, Amber was brought into a world in which she had no control. Amber was in and out of the foster care system due to parental neglect as well as alcohol and drug use. Due to an unstable environment, Amber did not steadily go to school until the middle of her sixth-grade year. At age eleven she was placed with her new foster family, the Sanders. Five years passed with her foster family as her birth mother slowly lost all of her parental rights. She was finally adopted her junior year in high school by the Sanders family. From living unsteadily in motels and shelters to a loving adoptive family, Amber successfully made it to the University of California of Los Angeles. She managed to exhibit a positive outlook on life no matter how many obstacles she had to endure.