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
Helene Haile
Huyanna Clearwater
Ivory Bennett
Jennifer Martinez
Jennifer Thonrithi
Jesse Fager
Joseph Mariscal
Junely Merwin
Leroy Berrones Soto
Lucinda Langley
Madison Langan
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