He entered New York City’s foster care system when he was 5. By the time he was 10, he said, he had been starved in one of his foster homes, an ordeal that made it difficult for him to trust his guardians. “I just felt like I had to be the adult,” Mr. Santana said. For most of his childhood, Mr. Santana kept his experiences in the foster system largely to himself. Now 19, Mr. Santana isn’t ashamed of his upbringing.

Source: New York Times October 20, 2019 09:00 UTC