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Tierra Lamore

Tierra Lamore is a honors student in college, studying to be a family court judge. Lamore was in foster care from ages 6-15. She was then adopted at 15 by abusive parents who then abandoned her on her 18th birthday, leaving her homeless. She is a foster youth advocate with Florida Youth Shine, an organization that fights for foster youth rights in Florida. She loves to sing, act, dance, write, laugh and have fun.

Stockholm Syndrome

5/2/2023

Stockholm Syndrome

Youth Voice Writing Contest poetry winner Tierra Lamore writes about how the foster care and juvenile justice system made them feel like an outsider.

Stockholm Syndrome

7/27/2022

I Should Have Been Aborted

I never signed up to be someone’s survival guide, and I never would, says Youth Voice writer Tierra Lamore.

Stockholm Syndrome

5/17/2022

Safety Isn’t Real

Youth Voice Writing Contest poetry finalist Tierra Lamore writes about how safety can be a social construct.