There's a reason Deutron Kebebew chose to work with fathers.

Not only does he want to be one some day, but he wants to make sure no other children have to face what he did when, after arriving in California from Ethiopia, he was placed in foster care in his early teens.

Now the project director for the Santa Cruz County PAPÁS group, which advocates for co-parenting and helps fathers build strong relationships with their children, the UC Santa Cruz graduate draws on first-hand experience to create his own brand of social justice.