Leilani Diaz

Leilani Diaz is a SLAM Alumnus and is now a student at Berkeley City College. She is also an advocate for foster youth rights. She began writing when she was younger and used it as an outlet to get away from the outside world. Diaz wrote this story as part of a Media for Advocacy Training with California Youth Connection and Fostering Media Connections.

She recently published this article: https://chronicleofsocialchange.org/youth-voice/destination→-family/20095

Leilani is also working on a film called Teacher Like Me: