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Abstract:
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Ashley Gallardo was raised in an abusive home from which she was removed and put into the Texas foster care system . There , she grew up and aged out at 18 having experienced six years of moving from foster home to foster home , being separated from her brothers and living a life that showed her little consistency or love .
Ashley experienced major issues with the Texas foster care system that the Department of Family and Protective Services has long been working to address . Gaining access to her Child Protective Service case file gave her a peak into her past as she now actively advocates for a better foster care system . Her story is a journey that shows the inadequacies in Texas foster care and the efforts being made by DFPS to improve the system whilst the state faces a class action lawsuit filed against the child welfare system . |