Gaye Vopat, Texas Foster Youth Network Project Director

“With the support and input of my team, the community and youth with lived foster care experience, a statewide center will be established to connect youth with lived foster care experience to needed workforce, education, and other supports. I want to honor ‘nothing about us without us’ in all the work we do.”

Gaye Vopat is the Project Director for the Texas Foster Youth Network (TXFYN) with the Institute for Child and Family Wellbeing. With the support and input of her team, the community and youth with lived foster care experience, a statewide center will be established to connect youth with lived foster care experience to needed workforce, education, and other supports to help them with their successful transition to adulthood.