David Ambroz
Mon, Mar 04
|Mount Horeb Public Library
David Ambroz is a best-selling author and a national advocate for poverty, child welfare and queer rights. His memoir, titled “A Place Called Home,” is a personal account of his experiences with poverty and homelessness as a young queer child.
Time & Location
Mar 04, 2024, 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM
Mount Horeb Public Library, 105 Perimeter Rd, Mt Horeb, WI 53572, USA
About the event
David Ambroz is a national poverty and child welfare expert and advocate, Emmy nominated, Nautilus Award winner, and best-selling author. He was recognized by President Obama as an American Champion of Change. He currently serves as the Head of Community Engagement (West) for Amazon. He previously led Corporate Social Responsibility for Walt Disney Television, and has served as president of the Los Angeles City Planning Commission as well as a California Child Welfare Councilmember.
After growing up homeless and then in foster care, he graduated from Vassar College and later from UCLA School of Law (J.D.). He is a foster dad and lives in Los Angeles, CA.
His memoir, titled “A Place Called Home,” is a personal account of his experiences with poverty and homelessness as a young queer child. "In foster care, I was diagnosed as suffering from gender identification disorder, or GID, because I was queer – and…