Vii said she wants nothing more than a family, but she worries that people only want to adopt little kids, not teens like herself.
Violetta, who goes by Vii, has in been foster care for four years. She loves cats, wants to become an attorney, likes doing makeup and is ready for a family.AUSTIN, Texas — Violetta, who goes by"Vii," is 16 years old and a sophomore in high school. She has been in foster care for four years and has moved around to different group and foster homes during that time.
"I really just want to have like, a normal life. I never really had a normal life, especially in my teenage years," Vii said."I want to practice family law and help broken families and children who have gone through what I've gone through," Vii said.met up with Vii at Austin Pets Alive! to hang out in the cat nursery. The nonprofit set Vii up with a mentor program so she can visit the cats more often.
Vii spoke about why it can be hard to be a teenager in foster care and how, sometimes, she worries she's going to age out and not end up with a family.Heart Gallery of Central Texas who need secure and permanent families. Every day, there are nearly 1,000 children waiting to get adopted in Central Texas, according to PFC.lery program and featured in KVUE's Forever Families segments are children who have had every effort made on their behalf to connect them with family or others in their community to provide options for permanent, adoptive homes.
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