Life 'in the system': Long odds facing L.A.’s foster kids

Life 'in the system': Long odds facing L.A.’s foster kids

Trayvon Walker started life as a foster kid—born addicted to cocaine, he was removed from his mother’s care as an infant. After spending a short stint living with his mother, he was removed again, permanently, and spent the rest of his adolescence growing up in the foster care system and riding the perpetual wave of instability. His experiences moving between schools throughout his teenage years demonstrate the kind of emotional whiplash foster kids endure.