Aging Out of the System: 24-year-old IU student recounts what it’s like to grow up in foster care

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INDIANAPOLIS — Turning the key that unlocks the door to her Indianapolis apartment is a simple act that takes seconds. For 24-year-old Donesha Washington, though, that simple act represents so much more.

“This is my space. No one can come in here and take this from me,” Washington said.

She knows what it’s like to feel like she doesn’t quite belong anywhere. Washington spent much of her life in Indiana’s foster care system…

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