Henriette, or Henny, is a teen girl who is originally from Central Africa and is a citizen of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. She is described as an active, funny, and caring girl, who can be patient and has strong motivations to learn new skills and work on goals. Henny speaks multiple languages including English, French, and Swahili. Henny is also talented at playing piano. She has expressed an interest in karate, soccer, basketball, and all athletic games. She enjoys arts and crafts and loves to be outdoors.

Henny is very inquisitive and has demonstrated significant resilience in coping with her trauma history and building relationships with people at new placements.  Henny benefits from accommodations granted by her IEP, which was put into place to support an emotional disability.  She has some strong peer relationships in school.

Henny wants to be with a family who will care for her unconditionally. Her social worker is open to a warm, supportive, and trauma-experienced family of any constellation preferably with children, older or younger. Henny wants to be adopted by a family who she is familiar with, and will benefit from ample time to become familiar with family members. She will also need a family that is able to support her exploration of her religious and cultural identity. Henny would enjoy being a part of a family with pets. Henny’s future family must be open to continued contact with her biological family (mostly in the Central region of Massachusetts).

To learn more about adoption from foster care visit www.mareinc.org.