The Secret Life Of Foster Children: Successful Entrepreneur and Former Foster Child Reveals What Growing Up 'In the System' is Really Like - My Godbox - Iuculano has owned 2 companies and served as the President and CEO of a multi-million dollar Microsoft consulting company. But now she's reached a stage in life where she wants to devote her attention to children's advocacy. Her experience growing up in foster care motivated her to become an outspoken child's rights advocate and activist. As a child, Iuculano was habitually beaten by her alcoholic step-father. Her mother would lock herself in a bedroom, mired in depression and a refusal to deal with the dysfunctional and abusive family dynamics. Labeled 'an incorrigible child," Iuculano was placed in foster care where she witnessed horrible abuses of children. After shuttling through various foster homes, a mental health facility and 'juvie hall,' Iuculano lived on the streets of California for a brief time. She says discovering God helped lift her from the abyss of unhappiness and despair and she vowed that once she was an adult, she would make it her mission to bring attention to the plight of children who are suffering in the shattered foster care system. Iuculano decided to write a book chronicling the traumas of her childhood spent in foster care. She fervently hopes that her message will not only implore people to get involved and help but that it will also inspire anyone who's faced seemingly insurmountable struggles.