Im a senior fellow here at aei. And i have a feeling that many of you are already fans of. Rob henderson and and i know the trajectory of his life. But if you going to go through the broad outlines and then he and my colleague Naomi Schaefer riley whos a Child Welfare expert here aei will fill in fill in the wisdom of that outline, although wisdom that you extracted a very, very challenging upbringing. Sohrab, his mother struggle with addiction and he was and she was deported back to south korea when he was three years old and he never saw her again. He spent the next four years in ten different foster homes in angeles. And at age seven, he was adopted and settled into a lower, lower class home in red bluff, california, which seems stable. And he had a for the first time but that stability was shattered two years later when those parents divorced and after that a series of poor performance in school a lot of vandalization with friends who were unfortunately often in the same position h
And you know that because when i did my Youth Commission swearing in, we got sworn in. Mayor, you know how to do a swearing in. And i would like to thank mr. Supervisor ronen, and i am particularly excited because this is where i got my start in public service. To be a San Francisco native, and to be appointed as a Youth Commission is a really big deal. Give yourselves a round of applause. Lets give a round of applause. When i look out at you all and i can say this now because im a father of three and i have got some gray hairs. A lot has changed since i was appointed Youth Commissioner. I see a lot of hope, and i see inspiration because we need your perspective here in San Francisco, especially now. This right here today is an indication of what this city and county looks like. You should be proud as you raise your hand in a few minutes and take this office. Im a San Francisco native. I went to the high school here. Any alum . Today i work as a Public Affair executive for a national P
Trajectory of his life. But if you going to go through the broad outlines and then he and my colleague Naomi Schaefer riley whos a Child Welfare expert here aei will fill in fill in the wisdom of that outline, although wisdom that you extracted a very, very challenging upbringing. Sohrab, his mother struggle with addiction and he was and she was deported back to south korea when he was three years old and he never saw her again. He spent the next four years in ten different foster homes in angeles. And at age seven, he was adopted and settled into a lower, lower class home in red bluff, california, which seems stable. And he had a for the first time but that stability was shattered two years later when those parents divorced and after that a series of poor performance in school a lot of vandalization with friends who were unfortunately often in the same position he was coming from unstable families, a lot of weed, a lot of fights, a lot of alcohol. But rob was a reader and he was curio
Trajectory of his life. But if you going to go through the broad outlines and then he and my colleague Naomi Schaefer riley whos a Child Welfare expert here aei will fill in fill in the wisdom of that outline, although wisdom that you extracted a very, very challenging upbringing. Sohrab, his mother struggle with addiction and he was and she was deported back to south korea when he was three years old and he never saw her again. He spent the next four years in ten different foster homes in angeles. And at age seven, he was adopted and settled into a lower, lower class home in red bluff, california, which seems stable. And he had a for the first time but that stability was shattered two years later when those parents divorced and after that a series of poor performance in school a lot of vandalization with friends who were unfortunately often in the same position he was coming from unstable families, a lot of weed, a lot of fights, a lot of alcohol. But rob was a reader and he was curio
Just gorgeously written phenomena, little storytelling and profound ideas. What we need to do, not just for our gun debate, but for the future of our democracy. So thank you somy name is sally. Im a senior fellow here at aei. And i have a feeling that many of you are already fans of. Rob henderson and and i know the trajectory of his life. But if you going to go through the broad outlines and then he and my colleague Naomi Schaefer riley whos a Child Welfare expert here aei will fill in fill in the wisdom of that outline, although wisdom that you extracted a very, very challenging upbringing. Sohrab, his mother struggle with addiction and he was and she was deported back to south korea when he was three years old and he never saw her again. He spent the next four years in ten different foster homes in angeles. And at age seven, he was adopted and settled into a lower, lower class home in red bluff, california, which seems stable. And he had a for the first time but that stability was s