Stacey Patton

Dr. Stacey Patton is an adoptee, child abuse survivor and former foster child turned children’s advocate, journalist, historian, and motivational speaker. Patton is the author of That Mean Old Yesterday: A Memoir. She has written for The New York Times, Washington Post, Baltimore Sun, Newsday and The Crisis Magazine. She is currently a senior reporter for The Chronicle of Higher Education.

In 2012, Womanspace of Mercer County, a nonprofit organization which provides help for victims and survivors of domestic and sexual violence, awarded its annual Barbara Boggs Sigmund Award to Patton.

Learn more at Stacey Patton’s official website.