Teena Festa: I've Always Loved So Genuinely, So Completely

Update: 2021-07-30

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Jayne Amelia talks with Teena Festa who is a new CASA volunteer and also a former foster youth. After having a very difficult time in foster care, as well as struggling with mental health and addiction as a young adult, Teena persevered and decided to try and help people like her. On top of being a CASA, she is working on her psychology degree with a concentration on child and adolescent development, and plans to work with children in the system. Teena's experience and history have provided her with unique insight about the struggles children in the system face. She wants to be the voice that she never had for children who don't have one now.

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Teena Festa: I've Always Loved So Genuinely, So Completely

Jayne Amelia Larson and Teena Festa

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Teena Festa: I've Always Loved So Genuinely, So Completely

Jayne Amelia Larson and Teena Festa

Teena Festa: I've Always Loved So Genuinely, So Completely