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Thaddeus Desmond

Thaddeus Desmond

Thaddeus Desmond was raised and born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

[5]He is a social worker for the Support Center for Child Advocates, where he works with abused or neglected children in Philadelphia's beleaguered child welfare system.

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Desmond was a part of the Foster care system in Philadelphia county.

His birth parents struggled with drug addiction when he was born and couldn't take care of him.

His social worker, Kathy Desmond, became his foster mother and then adopted him when he turned 6. [5]

Thaddeus is expected to speak at the DNC on July 26th, 2016.

He was first contacted by the Hillary Clinton's campaign as it collected information from young professionals in the child welfare field.

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Thaddeus says: "I'm really honored to be able to speak at the Democratic National Convention — and also to speak on behalf of all social workers".

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