लेखक: Patricia Owens

Author Patricia Elaine Owens 7 years as secretary at the Federal Trade Commission out of High School. Then many years as homemaker before beginning 25 years with the Frederick County Board of Education, 8 years as a Supervisor in school bus transportation, then 17 years as Administrative Assistant to Curriculum Specialist for Gifted and Talented and Visual and Performing Arts Education. After retiring from the Board of Education, I served 10 years as Customer Service Director for Transit Services of Frederick County. Was Instrumental in passing first in Maryland, then in Congress, The Fostering Connections To Success and Increasing Adoptions Act of October 9, 2008 under then President Bush. This is the president setting bill making every state give preference to family when a child is removed from its biological home.