A former foster child credits Treehouse, a Seattle-based nonprofit dedicated to helping young people in foster care thrive, with transforming her life — from providing her first camera to funding her ...

When Shirley Mendez was 14, she moved in with a “complete stranger.” It was her mother, who had left their hometown of Amatitlán, Guatemala, when Mendez was just a toddler, leaving her in the care of ...