<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/stories/2022/PBSC-honors-student-helping-foster-care-youth-learn-their-rights.php" dsn="blogs"><featured>true</featured><category>People</category><pubDate>05/25/2022 03:46:47 PM</pubDate><title>PBSC honors student helping foster care youth learn their rights</title><intro>From age 6 to 15, Palm Beach State College student Tierra “Tee” Lamore suffered physical and mental abuse in Florida’s foster care system. Now, she has made it her mission to help improve what she calls a broken system as a statewide board delegate in Florida Youth SHINE’s (FYS) Palm Beach Chapter, a youth-led foster advocacy group.</intro><author>Kristi Sorrow</author><author-link>#</author-link><imageSrc><img src="/images/2026/Headshot-2-e1747622380839.jpg" alt="tierra lamore"/></imageSrc><video/><tags><tag>Student Life</tag><tag>Student Profile</tag><tag>Volunteering</tag></tags></item>