Tashima Dukes is a former foster child. She is author of Truth Be Told: A Foster Child’s Recollection. A Behavior Specialist and Mobile Therapist, she is also founder of Foster Children In Focus, Inc. Dukes has appeared on The John Walsh Show on NBC, TV 48 Update with Catherine Pugh, and internet radio with Dr. Bryan Post. Likewise, Dukes has been featured in the Philadelphia Inquirer, Philadelphia Daily News, Gadsden Times, Gospel Praise magazine, The Pennstater, The Delta Voice (a publication of Delta Community Supports), and numerous other publications. A doctoral candidate studying Psychology, she resides in Philadelphia.