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Marjory Curry & Associates LLC Marjory A. Curry, MPA Executive Director

Marjory Curry is motivational speaker using her personal experiences in foster care as a platform for foster care reform. Over the years, Marjory has served as a Congressional Intern, Youth Advocate, motivational speaker, and CASA volunteer in hopes to improve outcomes for youth in foster care.

Marjory was placed foster care at age 10. As an alumna of the foster care system, Marjory has devoted much of her time to researching issues surrounding foster care reform. Doing so, she has spent the last seven years advocating for foster care reform both in our local community as well as our nation’s capital.

Determined to beat the odds, in 2011, Marjory earned her Masters in Public Administration from the University of Toledo, where she completed her thesis "Trapped in the System, Reducing the Instance of Crossover Youth".

In addition to her academic and professional achievements, Marjory has been honored with multiple state and regional awards, including the Rising Up and Moving On Award from the Ohio House of Representatives; the Connecting Point, Inc Triumph Award; and the Lucas County Foster Parent Association Scholarship, to name a few. Although she has been with faced many challenges in her life, she has not used those challenges as an excuse. Instead, she has used her personal experience as a platform for juvenile justice and foster care reform. Marjory has made it her personal mission to: Advocate for the overall well-being of youth in foster care, to promote normalcy, prevent the separation of siblings in order to strengthen sibling bonds, and to better prepare foster youth for life outside of foster care.

During her presentation, Mrs. Curry will discuss ways participants can improve outcomes for youth in foster care.

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