Victoria Rowell
A talented actress and successful author, Emmy Award nominee Victoria Rowell has appeared on television in The Young and the Restless and Diagnosis Murder, and in such films as Eve’s Bayou. Raised in foster care, she credits her success to the foster families that instilled in her the confidence and drive to succeed.
Rowell is also a classically trained ballet dancer who believes in the influence artistic expression has on children. Passionately involved in many charities, she remains true to her most important cause of advocating for foster children and issuing tribute to those who support the foster care system.
Determined to help foster children who would otherwise not have a chance to reach their full potential, Rowell founded The Rowell Foster Children’s Positive Plan, a scholarship fund helping foster children thrive through fine arts classes, sports camps, and cultural enrichment. Embracing her role as a national spokesperson for the Casey Foundation, she is also dedicated to fostering the future for all children.
Rowell has written an award-winning book and developed a documentary dedicated to the role models in her life. Both her book, The Women Who Raised Me, and her documentary, The Mentor, talk about the people who have helped her achieve successes. Her novel, Secrets of a Soap Opera Diva, was released in May 2010.
With focus and passion, Rowell works to change the perceptions about foster care and draws attention to the plight of foster children. As a foster care success story, she offers a message of hope to both children and adults, encouraging them to succeed no matter how trying the journey along the way.
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Humanitarianism & Its Importance in the World Today
We are, as people, at pandemic levels of homelessness, yet continue astronomical gentrification and expansion. Orphans are everywhere, not because of war, but due to methamphetamines and crack cocaine. Yet we continue to pump more federal money into schools where we must ask ourselves, "are our children learning or is public education just passing them, grading children on a curve?" Children who are permanently shut out of sight, out of mind, voiceless, faceless American citizens.
The idea of artistic expression was Victoria Rowell's outlet – to learn another language, to hear the mellifluousness of music from another time and age. To witness the defiance of gravity to take flight – this became my reality – to rise above. It came not by accident; it came because people deliberately cared. Cared to extend themselves beyond convenience, beyond their own guild, beyond their own self-gratification, beyond their own star – beyond the phrase "that's not what we do," beyond themselves, them realizing, through this action, they where immeasurable -- enmeshed in ALL that matters, the single act of life and the pursuit of happiness and that kindness made two hearts beat stronger. Mentor the next generation to embrace this best practice.
My Story: How Art Saves Lives
The Importance of Philanthropy & Charity
Foster Care & Adoption: Domestic & Global Opportunities
The Genesis of Creativity
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