Beth Foraker

Beth Foraker is a mom to four children: Jack, Mary Kate, Patrick, and Caroline. Her third child, Patrick, has Down Syndrome. Beth has been an educator for over thirty years and has worked for fifteen years for UC Davis in the School of Education with beginning teachers in their Multiple Subject Credential/Masters Program. She is also the Co-Director of the brand new UC Davis Redwood SEED (Supported Education to Elevate Diversity) Scholars Program - a four-year TPSID funded, residential inclusive college program for students with intellectual disabilities welcoming twelve students in the fall of 2021. She works to build what she calls Continuums of Inclusion: communities that offer preschool through college inclusion so that independent adulthood - inclusive living and inclusive employment - and full belonging are possible.