Ashley Rhodes-Courter

After spending almost ten years in foster care, twenty-four year old New York Times Bestseller, Ashley Rhodes-Courter, has been featured in Teen People, GLAMOUR, Women’s World Magazine, The New York Times, USA Today, on The Today Show, Good Morning America, $.99 Cool Ranch Dorito Bags, and dozens of local and national media outlets. She appeared with Dave Peltzer on Montel, and was interviewed for a segment on foster care for Primetime. In 2009, Ashley hosted a television program called “Explore Adoption” which was produced by the State of Florida to raise the public’s awareness of foster children in need of loving and permanent homes. This segment later won an Emmy. Her memoir, “Three Little Words” has received such awards as: CBC/NCSS Notable Social Studies Trade Book, Gateway Readers Award Nominee (MO); Georgia Peach Book Award Master List; Rhode Island Teen Book Award Nominee; Volunteer State Book Award Master List (TN); and was featured on the “Florida Teens Read List.” “Three Little Words” is also being made into a feature film produced and directed by Jim Mangold and Cathy Konrad who created such films as “Walk The Line,” “Girl Interrupted,” “3:10 to Yuma,” and the 2010 feature film, “Knight and Day” starring Tom Cruise and Cameron Diaz. Ashley is a sought-after child advocate and gives keynotes and workshops to conferences on foster care and adoption all across North America. She has spoken on Capitol Hill, dozens of school campuses, and has been invited to the White House twice. In early 2007, she was honored with a BRICK Award, and was acknowledged as one of top 20 undergraduates in America by USA Today, and named one of GLAMOUR Magazine’s Top Ten College Women. She works with many national and international organizations, and has raised millions of dollars for child welfare issues.

Finding safe, permanent, loving families for ALL children.

“It is not only what we do, but also what we do not do, for which we are accountable.” --Moliere, French Actor & Playwright

Adoption, Communications, Foster Care, Writing - Fiction and Non Fiction

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