*photo: Alex Ambroz, Jessica Ambroz-Marquez and David Ambroz, former foster-kids who have all graduated from college. Among them:Regis College, USC, Vassar College, UCLA and UMass - Amherst

Alex Ambroz, founder of Onward & Upwards, was a foster-kid in the state of Massachusetts from Sept. 1992 until Jan. 1997. He spent three years with the U.S. Army and graduated from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. He currently resides in Chapel Hill, NC and is trying to learn Chinese (Wo bu shuo Han yu!).