Richard R RamosRichard R. Ramos. Founder of Parents on a Mission,Youth on a Mission, and Latino Coalition for Community Leadership

One caring relationship can change the direction of a young person's life.

9 Oct 2026 · 1 min

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Juan describes how a 2015 Parents on a Mission training led him and his wife to become foster parents. They took in four foster siblings, including his wife's biological nephew, after discovering the children had been separated at the Department of Human Services. One caring relationship can change the direction of a young person's life.

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So, Juan, now talk about how did Parents on a Mission impact you? What's been your journey since you took that training? I think it was in 2015.
Yeah. So around that time, again, it's just crazy how things align. And I'm always fascinated now looking back, and it's probably because I just turned 50. And so I'm like thinking back like, oh my goodness, that had to happen That had to happen, and that had to happen in order for us to be where we're currently at. We were in the process of taking in four foster kids, and they were all siblings. And so my wife and I were not able to have biological children, but the youngest of these siblings was my wife's nephew, blood nephew. And at first, we were just gonna take that, the relative. But when we went to go visit, 'cause we knew the other siblings, we went to go visit them at the Department of Human Services, and they had already been separated.