In this episode, Kiran Chawla sits down with Tommy Sigman who at 21 years of age has authored his second book based on his experience in Louisiana’s Foster Care system.
At just 15 years old Tommy authored his first book titled “The Greatest Advantage aimed at those children in the foster care system guided them to new heights of possibility, with his second release Tommy examines a system he says is broken in Louisiana and provides his version of a blueprint to fix it.
Chapters02:07 Meet Tommy: A Young Author
05:25 From Trauma to Triumph
08:04 The Role of Foster Families
11:20 Breaking the Cycle
19:37 The Next Chapter: "Broken by Design"
24:02 The Need for Systemic Change
29:28 DCFS
33:50 Becoming a Foster Parent
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