Ciera Lipps

Ciera Lipps grew up in and out of the foster care system where she gained a passion for helping others and a desire to make the world a better place in any way she could. This desire to improve the quality of life for marginalized individuals led Ciera to obtain a bachelor’s degree in psychology at New College of Florida where she developed a resilience building program for children in low-income households which was successfully implemented as a part of the Sarasota Salvation Army’s Pathway to Hope program aimed at breaking the cycle of inter-generational poverty. After spending a year...