Media
Media
Features, Interviews, and Op-Eds
Human Rights Campaign: This National Adoption Month, David Ambroz Reflects On His Experiences As A Queer Youth In Foster Care To Galvanize Prospective Families.
Good Morning America: National Adoption Awareness Month - Child welfare advocate and best-selling author of “A Place Called Home,” David Ambroz, joins “GMA” to shine a light on the need for new adoptive families.
Vassar College: David Ambroz ’02: From Foster Child to Champion of Change.
ABC News: Amazon executive shares experience growing up homeless and in foster care system
GLAAD Interview: David Ambroz, Author of A Place Called Home: “I refuse to be made invisible again."
CBS Los Angeles: Former foster care child wants to fix the system
KCRW News: David Ambroz on forgiving mom’s abuse, surviving homelessness, and foster care
The Tamron Hall Show: Amazon Exec David Ambroz Grew Up Homeless But Didn’t Let It Determine His Life
NPR Morning Edition: A Place Called Home is a vivid story of author David Ambroz's childhood
The View: Book excerpt: David Ambroz's A Place Called Home
ABC News Live Prime with Linsey Davis: 'The boat has holes and it's sinking:' David Ambroz on the Foster Care System
Good Morning America: Fall back into reading: 15 anticipated books for September
Newsweek Op-Ed: ‘I Grew Up Homeless and Starving; 18 Years Later I Beat The Odds.’
New York Post: Amazon exec reveals homeless past on NYC streets: ‘It was brutal’
KABC7 Los Angeles: David Ambroz shares experience with homelessness, foster care in 'A Place Called Home'
Books and Boys Book of the Month
Book Reviews & Excerpts
LitHub (Excerpt): Learning the Culture of Blame as a Child at the State Welfare Office
Publisher’s Weekly: A Place Called Home: a Memoir
“In this captivating debut, Ambroz, a national poverty and child welfare advocate, recounts his harrowing experience with homelessness and as a child in the foster care system…Galvanizing and compassionate, this personal account of survival should be required reading.”
Kirkus: Starred Review
“Riveting … A haunting, inspiring chronicle of fortitude and perseverance.”
Book Reporter: A Place Called Home: a Memoir (Review)
"A galvanizing, stirring memoir about growing up homeless and in foster care and rising to become a leading advocate for child welfare."
Podcasts
Heart of the Matter with Elizabeth Vargas: Season 5 Episode 4 - David Ambroz
Guy Kawasaki's Remarkable People: David Ambroz: Behind the Headlines—One Person’s Battle with Homelessness
Conversations at The Salt Line: A Conversation with David Ambroz
Add Passion and Stir: From Homeless Child to Children's Champion
Let's Talk: A Conversation with David Ambroz Part 1: The Impact of Healthy Conversations
Dennis Anyone? With Dennis Hensley: Author David Ambroz (A Place Called Home): “I Think Of No as a Request for More Information"
NPR's UP First: 'A Place Called Home'
KCRW Greater LA: David Ambroz on mental illness robbing families, foster care segregating queer kids
The Jess Cagle Podcast: Homeless to Foster Care, The Life of David Ambroz
What Matters Most Podcast: David Ambroz #1054
Paternal Podcast: #68 – A Place Called Home with David Ambroz
Innovate! Re-Envisioning Foster Care with Angela Tucker: What if We Marketed Foster Care Like a Product?
Find Your Light Podcast: When The Shelf Breaks with David Ambroz
The Kathryn Zox Show: Episode #1483 -- A Place Called Home
Building Your Brand Podcast: A Career of Impact
