By Lee Cataluna
Nilda Ballesteros has had more kids in her house than she can count. “I don’t know, hundred maybe? Ho, plenty.” But she’s loved each as if they were her own.
Since 1997, she and her husband, Robert, have been the “go to” foster parents for Hale Kipa’s therapeutic foster care program.
Nilda and Robert, married 33 years, have three grown children and a house in Waipahu that they’ve expanded over the years to nine bedrooms. Nilda wanted a big house to make sure her children always had a place to run to. As a child in Kalihi, she witnessed a neighbor suffer years of abuse because she had no place else to go. Continue Reading »
