Teaching Home Economics to Kids in Foster Care

  • Dionne Joseph

I was 15 years old in Mrs. Feldman’s home economics class, attempting to sew a T-shirt and growing more despondent by the minute. When she described the assignment, Mrs. Feldman gave one piece of advice: Do NOT purchase plaid fabric. I had been doodling instead of listening and purchased plaid fabric — in purple. Matching […]

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Dionne Joseph

Given the name, “Auntie Mom” by her first foster daughter, Dionne Joseph has been fostering since 2016. She is an adult transracial adoptee who has also had the privilege of adopting. Joseph serves on Washington’s Parent Advisory Group and is an advocate for children and families. A writer and runner from the Pacific Northwest, Joseph and her husband have five children, Goldendoodles and cats.

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