ESME Feature: From Foster Care to Foster Care Advocate & Author

FEATURE EXCERPT:

Marina Aris has spent much of her life running: running from an abusive childhood, running from a nightmarish stint in the foster care system, running from a life of poverty. And then she began running toward her future—working multiple jobs to pay for an apartment in her native New York City, becoming a mom to three children, and making a name for herself in the publishing world.