March 2, 2018

Samueli Academy identifies educational opportunities for foster care teens

“Fifty-four percent: That’s the statistic that Chris Simonsen said motivated him to act.

According to Simonsen, CEO of Orangewood Foundation, a Santa Ana-based nonprofit that serves the more than 2,000 foster youth throughout the county, more than half of children in the California foster care system don’t graduate from high school.”