At the age of two, Kaysie was adopted, but at the age of 14, she was separated from her siblings and placed in a foster home. For four years, she bounced around from placement to placement until she landed at Center for Family Services at 18 where she could finally become stable.
Kaysie is an active and devoted foster youth advocate. She served as the president of the Center for Family Services Internal Youth Advisory Board and Camden County YAB for 4 years. Kaysie now works with the Rutgers School of Social Work as a Youth Advisory Board Ambassador, and as a Youth Advocate with the Center for Family Services. Kaysie plans on becoming the Commissioner of the Department of Children and Families of New Jersey.