Jun 19, 2020
Born in
1969, leading international foster care expert and consultant and
TED Talk speaker Dr. John DeGarmo has worn many hats throughout his
life. Singing and dancing while touring around the world in the
international supergroup, Up With People, serving as a D.J. at four
different radio stations on two different continents, working in
the professional wrestling industry, teaching English and Drama at
the high school level, working as a media specialist,
director of The Foster Care Institute, and founder and
national development director of Never Too Late, a residential
group home for boys in foster care. Dr. DeGarmo has had a
variety of experiences.
He is the author of several foster care books,
including the new book The Little Book
of Foster Care Wisdom: 365 Days of Inspiration and Encouragement
for Foster Care Families, the best selling
book Faith and Foster
Care, as well as the foster care children's
book A Different Home: A New Foster Child's
Story. He is the director of The
Foster Care Institute and acts as a consultant to
foster care agencies and legal agencies across the USA. Dr. John is
a High
Content Speaker and informative trainer on
the foster care system, and travels extensively across the globe,
meeting with foster parents, child welfare workers, churches,
schools, and organizations. Dr. John has appeared on several
TV programs, including CNN, Good Morning America, and ABC, NBC,
FOX, CBS, PBS stations. Dr.John and his family have even
appeared on the popular show Wife Swap. He writes regularly for
many magazines and is a regular contributor to several
publications, both in the United States and overseas.
Dr. DeGarmo is married to Dr. Kelly DeGarmo, who hails from
Australia, and the two of them have six children, both biological
and adoptive. Dr. DeGarmo and his wife are also currently
foster parents to three siblings, bringing their household to nine
children. Dr. DeGarmo has been a foster parent for dozens of
children for over a decade now. He has a passion for foster
children and is driven to bring education and insight into general
society about all things foster care.
Dr. DeGarmo and his wife are the recipients of the Good
Morning America Ultimate Hero Award and the Up With People
Everyday Hero Award. The two also were honored with their
city's Citizens of the Year Award.
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