#03 Effie Santos: She lost her daughter and built a movement for foster youth

600 foster youth age out of the Tampa Bay system every year. That's only the documented number.Effie Santos is the founder of Madi's Movement — a nonprofit serving foster youth who turn 18 and lose every support structure at once. She spent 25 years in banking before launching her own business. Madi's Movement launched on August 15, 2022 — what would have been her daughter Madison's 22nd birthday.She explains why 100% of the young adults they serve have experienced trauma, what the system gets wrong about the moment kids turn 18, and why she refuses to call what she does strength.