The Los Angeles Shadow Day Delegation
The 2025 Los Angeles Shadow Day delegation builds the bridge between lived experience and policymaking — trailblazing NFYI’s local systems change. After months of advocacy, leadership, and policy training, delegates apply what they’ve learned to hands-on civic engagement and partnership, providing elected officials with direct insight into the systems that impact foster youth.
Meet the Los Angeles Shadow Day 2025 Cohort
Alyssa Davis
Amber Rosado-Esteves
Angelica Rivas
Anthony Vizcarrondo
Ashley Carter
Chaida Bango Bango
Cierra Draper-West
Emily Williams
Emma Espinoza
Ericka Mickelson
Huyanna Clearwater
Ivory Bennett
Jennifer Martinez
Jennifer Thonrithi
Jesse Fager
Joseph Mariscal
Junely Merwin
Leroy Berrones Soto
Lucinda Langley
Mary-Lynn
Myriah Smiley
Nancy Konjo
Natalia Campbell
Paige Daniels
Quijai “Jay Jay” Johnson
RaDawn Austin
Richard Liu
Saphire Woodruff
Sapphire Murphy-Powell
Selena Bermejo Romero
Timothy Woody
Tina Harris