Guest: Candace Cronin, PhD: NICU, Foster & Adoptive Mom & CASA Advocate
In this episode, we sit down with Candace Blair Cronin, PhD—a full-time working mom of four and a passionate advocate for children in the foster care system. From fostering and adopting to mentoring families and serving as a CASA (court-appointed special advocate), Candace shares her deeply personal journey and the many ways she’s working to support vulnerable children and the families who care for them.
In this episode, we chat about:
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- Candace’s two unique NICU experiences
- Creating boundaries as an adoptive parent
- Integrating biological and adoptive children into a cohesive family unit
- Candace’s work with CASA and how has that influenced her parenthood and perspective on children
About the guest
Candace Blair Cronin, PhD, is a full-time working mom of four teenagers. Candace is an industrial-organizational psychologist who has consulted primarily for the Federal government and some private sector clients for more than 25 years. Her life’s passion is advocating for children in the child welfare system and informally mentoring families who wish to be foster parents and/or adopt children. She has served in a volunteer capacity across a spectrum of child welfare activities from being a foster parent for over 6 years, providing respite care for families fostering, being an adoptive mom to two of her four children, conducting licensing studies and interviews for families seeking to becoming foster and/or adoptive parents, serving as a Board member for Austin Angels, and most recently serving as a Court Appointed Special Advocate (CASA) for children in foster care. Listen & Subscribe
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