Why Are Latinas So Overrepresented In The Foster Care System?
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At 8, Child Protective Services removed Elvira Laguna from her mother’s house and placed her in a foster care home in Pasadena, California, with around 60 other kids. Laguna’s mother struggled with addiction and wasn’t capable of taking care of her children. In that home, Laguna, who is Afro-Puerto Rican and Indigenous Mexican, suffered abuse from the staff, including sexual abuse, which manifested into drug addiction and self-harm. Until the age of 16, Laguna bounced from institutionalized...

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