100 Women We Love 2015

We are thrilled to present this year’s 100 Women We Love—an incredibly diverse group of out entertainers, athletes, artists, activists, business leaders and elected officials.

ANGELIQUE MOORE

“Any time I can help a young adult make better decisions in life is rewarding to me,” says Angelique Moore, director of Lutheran Social Service of New York, a foster care program for mothers and children in Brooklyn. In 2009, after being laid off from a job in a different field, Moore joined the organization as a case planner, providing services and support for youth in foster care. Four years later, she was promoted to director of the residential center, where mothers and children can find counseling and other social services. Currently, Moore facilitates workshops and regular support groups for young people who are coping with family crises, drug addiction and other issues. “I am able to work with not only young adults in foster care, but also LGBTQ youths in foster care, where I provide one-on-one guidance. My office is also a LGBTQ safe space for the young adults residing in the mother/child program as well as those in regular foster boarding homes,” Moore says, and adds that part of her responsibility is to prepare parents for nurturing LGBTQ foster children. “It is the best job in the world to me,” she says. A Bronx resident, Moore has three children of her own, ages 28, 23 and 19. -KL


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