“Even while in the orthodontist’s chair and before anything happens, there is anticipation and excitement in the young people’s eyes. They beam as the brackets are placed on their teeth. Finally, when the process is complete, the youth appear to stand taller with a look of concentrated fascination as their tongues scroll across the new appendages.”
Leslie Lacy was the first attorney to represent children in East Baton Rouge Parish since the inception of the Mental Health Advocacy Service/Child Advocacy Program in 2008. In her role as children’s attorney, Lacy represented over 1,000 youths in foster care in East Baton Rouge, Livingston and Iberville parishes, taking her client’s stated desires to the Louisiana Supreme Court, where she was successful for and on behalf of children. In 2020, she founded Fostering Hope Louisiana, a nonprofit organization created to address the oral and mental health needs of children in foster care.
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