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“This [Learn4Life] was meant to be, I needed to go back to school. This is my way out.”

“I kept moving forward and I beat the odds.”

Otani’s Story

Otani spent her childhood in group/foster homes with the odds against her. By Age 19 she had dropped out of school and was behind in credits. Learn4Life offered her a way out.

 

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“This [Learn4Life] was meant to be, I needed to go back to school. This is my way out.”

“I kept moving forward and I beat the odds.”

Otani Laster spent her childhood in group and Foster homes with the odds against her. “As a child, I was extensively neglected, didn’t have enough to eat and was abused. My Mother abandoned me when I was seven and I went into the Foster care system.”

At the age of 17, Otani became pregnant. “When I had my son Georgie I felt love for the first time. Soon after, I had an argument with my ex-husband so I tried to leave and got on a bus. There I saw an advertisement for Learn4Life and I thought ‘This was meant to be, I need to go back to school. This is my way out.’ ”

Before she enrolled at Learn4Life, Otani was in survival mode, dealing with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder from the abuse and trauma she experienced as a child. At the age of 19, Otani had dropped out of school and was way behind in credits. Learn4Life offered her a way out. A way to change her story. “When I would come in to Learn4Life, I felt welcomed, like I belonged there.”

1 in 4

teenage girls become pregnant before graduating.

Nationwide only about half

of youth raised in foster care end up finishing high school and less than 3% graduate from a 4-year college.

High school dropout rates

are 3 times higher for foster youth than other low-income children

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