home and helped him cope with the tragic death of his older brother in a 2016 car accident; and Gianna Barrett, the group-home manager who enrolled Robert in the medical magnet program at Boca Ciega. But it was his high school geometry teacher, Amy Krusemark, who changed his life forever four years ago. When Robert was on the verge of being moved to a new foster care home out of town, uprooted from his stable environment, Krusemark stepped up. She offered to take him in with her family, and eventually became his legal guardian – loving him like her own child, and guiding him through the rigors of high school and the wide-open possibilities as a collegian. “Amy has helped me realize how much someone can help another person,” he says. “She really stepped into my life and changed it.” Now, with the added help of the Foundation and others, he has a future to take stock in. To learn more about Take Stock in Children, please email Lisa.Fasting@pinellaseducation.org or call 727-588-4816, ext. 2103.
ABOVE: Robert Hurley giving a nod to his Take Stock in Children mentor, Robert Davis LEFT: Robert and his foster mom, Amy Krusemark at a football game on a campus visit last fall 5