AUSTIN, Texas — Every week on KVUE, we feature a different child in the Texas foster care system, in hopes of helping them get adopted by a forever family.
Carla is a caring and creative 15-year-old with a wide range of interests. She has a quick and sassy sense of humor and is very good at articulating exactly what she is thinking.
KVUE's Hannah Rucker met up with her at the Muted Podcast Studio in Austin to see what it would be like to have their own podcast.
Carla said she would love to visit Japan someday, her favorite season is winter and she loves to read. She wants to get involved in ROTC at school and eventually have a career in law enforcement, specifically with a K9 Unit because she loves dogs.
"We had an award ceremony at school, and mine was so random! It was the 'Random Fact Generator.' [Because] every now and then at school, I would just spit out random facts," Carla said. "Here's a cute one about dogs: When we see dogs, our brain releases dopamine, which is a chemical that produces our sense of reward and stuff. But the same thing happens when dog sees human ... They basically think we're cute."
To learn more about Carla or to put in an inquiry to adopt her, visit her page on the Heart Gallery of Central Texas.
KVUE launched the Forever Families segment with Partnerships for Children (PFC) in June 2020 to highlight children in the Heart Gallery of Central Texas who need secure and permanent families. Every day, there are nearly 1,000 children waiting to get adopted in Central Texas, according to PFC.
Editor's note: The children who are in the Heart Gallery program and featured in KVUE's Forever Families segments are children who have had every effort made on their behalf to connect them with family or others in their community to provide options for permanent, adoptive homes. Through no fault of their own, that hasn’t happened yet, and so in partnership with the Department of Family and Protective Services, we collaborate to bring awareness to KVUE viewers about these children in the hopes of finding them permanency before they age out.