NFYI Member Feature: Outstanding Young Leader Skylar Thompson

“Skylar Thompson of Bowling Green has been named a recipient of FosterClub’s 2026 Outstanding Young Leader Award, one of 50 young advocates recognized nationally this year.

“After seven years in foster care herself, Thompson now works as a licensing specialist at a foster care agency, where she helps open and train new foster homes.

“Thompson is a member of the Congressional Leadership Academy, a National Foster Youth Institute policy training program, where she draws on her own experience to push for policy change.”

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NFYI congratulates Skylar and the other Outstanding Young Leader Award winners who are program participants: Frances Davis, DeAnna Patterson and Sierra Alexis Burns.