Ava Walker and David Jepson: Enhancing the Social and Emotional Well-Being of Foster Youth

MASTERS by Winn Claybaugh

Ava Walker experienced foster care and homelessness as a teen. She founded Beyond Our Kin to help foster youth and increase foster care awareness. Growing up in a household that hosted foster youth, David Jepson became CEO of The CEO magazine and a board advisor for Beyond Our Kin. His perspective brings empathy to this topic and helps us navigate our accountability and responsibility for creating something better. Interviewed by Winn Claybaugh, Ava and David shine a spotlight on the importance of paying attention to this crisis."