A Home After Foster Care

  • Susanti Sarkar
Illustration of a girl sitting inside a home
Original illustration by Christine Ongjoco

On a bright and sunny summer morning last year in New York City, 23-year-old Venessa Riley could not stop smiling as she gave reporters a tour of her furnished studio apartment. It was a bright modern space with high-end kitchen fixtures, chic pink and white furniture and a playpen for her small puppy. Growing up […]

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About the Author

Susanti Sarkar

Susanti Sarkar is a New York-based reporter at The Imprint covering child welfare. She has previously covered inequities in health care and education, politics and climate change, and graduated with a master’s degree in investigative journalism from Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism. She can be reached at [email protected].

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