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Betsy Krebs and Paul Pitcoff cofounded Youth Advocacy Center in New York City to teach teenagers to be advocates for themselves and take control of their lives. Using their backgrounds in law and higher education, together they created a nationally acclaimed model of using the Socratic case method to teach teens self-advocacy and prepare them for informational interviews in the community. They have coauthored numerous articles, columns, and publications about topics ranging from adolescents aging out of the foster care system to self-advocacy and teen mothers in foster care. Their book, On Your Own as a Young Adult, is used across the country to teach teens self-advocacy. Their approach to teaching self-advocacy and helping teens take on more responsibilities for their futures at Youth Advocacy Center, has been recognized as highly effective and innovative locally and nationally by social services professionals, foundations, governments, private sector leadership—as well as by teens themselves. For her work at Youth Advocacy Center, Betsy Krebs was awarded a fellowship from George Soros’s Open Society Institute and was elected as a fellow to the Ashoka: Innovators for the Public, a global organization that identifies and invests in leading social entrepreneurs. Betsy received her J.D. from Harvard Law School and worked as an attorney representing foster care children for four years before cofounding Youth Advocacy Center. Paul Pitcoff, cofounder and director of Education at Youth Advocacy Center, was a filmmaker, founding chair of the department of communications at Adelphi University, and tenured professor for twenty years, and is now Professor Emeritus. He has won the Outstanding Educator Award as well as numerous international film festival awards for directing, producing and camerawork. Paul received his J.D. from Cardozo School of Law and MFA in film from New York University. About the Authors ...

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