Marquis Cabrera, a former foster youth, is the Founder and Chairman of Foster Skills a social enterprise dedicated to empowering foster children to beat the odds and achieve life success.

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In two short years, Foster Skills has grown exponentially with support from committed student volunteers, a stellar senior leadership team, and fantastic board members ( Chris Hollins, a White House cohort of mine, serves as Vice Chairman).

WHITEHOUSE: Fostering Change

So I deferred law school, couch surfed to live frugally, and founded Foster Skills, an umbrella nonprofit and social business dedicated to empowering foster children to overcome the odds, follow their dreams, and become successful, productive citizens.

WHITEHOUSE: Fostering Change

Together, these five criteria will help GreatSchools to identify schools that foster a broad set of skills, in addition to producing high test scores.

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He places huge value on "brain-centered learning" and devised a specific program designed to foster improvement in a young player's cognitive skills.

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So we also need skills and people to drive internal social communications to foster social business.

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"The world needs quality teachers, with the skills, to borrow Ivan Betskoi's words, to foster new citizens", she noted.

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Once your skills improve, Trada introduces some game mechanics such as leaderboards and honor badges to foster a sense of community and competition among its freelancers.

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