About Us

Rise is a magazine written by and for parents who have been involved in the child welfare system. Its mission is to help parents advocate for themselves and their children.

Rise provides parents with information and true stories about the system’s role in families’ lives. It also helps child welfare workers and administrators understand the parents’ experiences and needs.

Rise was founded in 2005 and is published by Youth Communication, which is dedicated to publishing stories by those whose voices are rarely heard in the media. Youth Communication publishes Represent, a magazine written by and for youth in foster care, as well as booklets on child welfare themes by birth parents and foster youth. You can learn more about Youth Communication at www.youthcomm.org.

Rise is supported by the Child Welfare Fund, Hedge Funds Care, and the Hite Foundation.

Rise Staff

Rise Editor Nora McCarthy editor has run writing workshops for parents involved in the child welfare system for the past five years. Previous to founding Rise, she edited Represent, a magazine by and for youth in foster care, for four years, and New Youth Connections, a newspaper for New York City public high school students, for three years. She has reported for Newsday, was a contributing editor at City Limits and writes for Child Welfare Watch. Nora is a graduate of the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University.

Rise Staff Writers are:

Michelle Allen Evaliz Andrades Teresa Bachiller Carmen Caban Linfa Carrion Tracey Carter Emma Cohetero Guadalupe Cohetero David Conyers Clarence Davis Deborah Echevarria Kevin Edwards Yadira Fragoso Alicia Gabriel Daisy Gomez Diana Henriquez Jacquelyn Israel Sabra Jackson Bevanjae Kelley

Caroline Marrero Maribel Martinez Elizabeth Mendoza Lynne Miller Rosita Pagan Margarita Pavon Ilka Perez Sylvia Perez Tere Perez Violet Rittenhour Juan Rodriguez Evelyn Salazar Milagros Sanchez Vanessa Sanchez Albert Shepherd Philneia Timmons Ella Veres Robin Wiley Youshell Williams

 

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