Who Mentored Victoria Rowell?
Victoria Rowell is an Emmy-nominated actress and the recipient of seven NAACP image awards. Her television and film credits include The Young and the Restless, Diagnosis Murder, Secret Sins of the Father, and The Distinguished Gentleman. Ms. Rowell spent the first 18 years of her life in foster care. The love, guidance, and support of her foster families instilled in her the confidence and drive to succeed. She is the founder of The Rowell Foster Children’s Positive Plan and uses her celebrity status as a passionate advocate for foster children throughout the United States. I spent 18 years in foster care, and all of my mentors were so important to me. If I did not have the mentoring of Agatha Armstead, who of course was just filled with wisdom – she was able to infuse me with not only incredible scruples and morals and all of what was given to her from her history, which she could recall back to the early 1800’s. So I was raised by a woman who had vast knowledge. Agatha Armstead was a
