![]() ![]() Her efforts and academic achievements landed her Eckerd College’s Trustee Scholarship-the school’s most prestigious full-tuition award. She has spoken on Capitol Hill, has been invited to the White House, and has taught at numerous colleges and conferences for elected officials, judges, social workers, policy makers, and families. ![]() Born in 1985 to a single teen mother, by the age of 3 she was in Florida’s foster care system where she spent almost ten years being shuttled between 14 homes-some quite abusive-before being adopted from a Children’s Home at the age of twelve.ĭespite her ordeal, she excelled in school, and felt compelled to advocate for herself and the other children she lived with, particularly in the abusive foster homes.Since the age of 14, Ashley has advocated for the half-million children still in foster care in America by giving speeches throughout the U.S. Ashley Rhodes-Courter is the quintessential American success story. ![]()
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