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| Kristy and her fiance, Dan |
My name is Kristy
Aquila and I am the Wendy’s Wonderful Kids recruiter at Children Awaiting
Parents. As a WWK recruiter intern I am not only
responsible for finding families for children, but I also write assessments for
the children that will highlight some of their traits that may have been
forgotten or overlooked by all the negative things that have been reported. While meeting with the kids once a month I
try and discuss with them what adoption means for them and how they feel about
being adopted and entering a new home.
I am not adopted myself
and I do not have any adopted children of my own, but I discovered Children AwaitingParents through my graduate program. I
knew I wanted to find an internship in adoption where I would be bringing
families together but I did not know what would be available in Rochester. After
researching adoption in the Rochester area I was blown away by the work
Children Awaiting Parents has done! After meeting with Melanie and Mark it was clear that the staff was very
passionate about the work they were doing and I became eager to join the team!
I am in my second year
of the MSW program at Roberts Wesleyan College. In graduate school I am in the Child and Family concentration. Working with children has always been a
passion of mine! Before returning to
graduate school, I worked at Hillside as a Youth Care Professional. I loved working with the kids and developing
strong connections with them. I felt I
was making a difference just by being a support to them through all their ups
and downs. However, I wanted to make
more of a difference in these children’s lives. This was when I decided to go back to school for Social Work.
In my personal life I
recently just got engaged to a wonderful man as of 1 month ago! I have no pets of my own but I often look
after my parents newly adopted puppy! I
am looking forward to one day loving and spoiling a young lab/husky puppy of my
own!
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