The Aging Out Podcast

Author: The Field Center for Childrens Policy, Practice & Research

This podcast series, hosted by the Field Center for Childrens Policy, Practice & Research at the University of Pennsylvania, explores resources and strategies that are effective in helping older youth in foster care prepare for aging out of the system and transitioning into adulthood. Our goal is to put out a podcast every month. To support our podcast, go to www.fieldcenteratpenn.org and click on Support Us. Thank you!
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Episode 12: Interview with Lee Marshall, Founder and CEO of Kids to Love (Madison, AL)
Episode 118
Tuesday, 14 April, 2026

In this April 2026 episode, MSSP intern Saadhya Bahudodda interviews Lee Marshall, founder and CEO of Kids to Love, a nonprofit dedicated to addressing the immediate needs of youth in foster care while creating long-term pathways to stability. Drawing on her lived experience of being born into foster care and her career in television journalism, Lee shares how both her personal and professional journeys led her to this work. She highlights programming including scholarships, workforce preparation through the K-Tech Initiative, trauma-informed mental health services, and transitional housing. For this invaluable work, the organization won the 2025 Aging Out Award for the Mid-Large Organization Category. Throughout the conversation, Lee emphasizes the need for community collaboration and innovative, wraparound programming to ensure that youth aging out of foster care have the resources and stability needed to thrive.