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Chanelespinoza

Hi my name is Chanel and I’m trying to find my son Angelo Bruce Espinoza he is going to be 11 years old in May 17 and I have been looking for him for the past nine years. I am a former foster youth and at the time but I was pregnant with him I was 17 and I was raped but I still kept Angelo in my belly and gave birth to him at scripps Mary Birch Hospital in Hillcrest. After Angelo was born the next day a social worker showed up at the hospital and flat out told me I was not going to take him home . This broke my heart and I cried like any hormonal mother that just had a C-section will do he told me I would have to do a number of things before I can even take him to my house because I am a former foster youth he said I would be incapable of caring for him, so on the 6th day when I left the hospital. I had to walk him to where they keep the babies and leave him there I walked out of the hospital with an empty car seat and an empty heart. I was so heartbroken at 17 years old Yet I fought for him for two years, I bought him everything he needed from Clothes to food, hygiene, diapers wipes, car seat stroller, crib, everything you need to take care of a child with the help of my aunt and uncle who provided a roof over our head. I went to parenting classes ,drug classes ,psychological evaluation , and passed all of it, I went to court date after court date I picked him up for visitation from the different foster homes that he was placed in and eventually I got to my 30 day home visit trial. Which at the time they explained to me that I would go to court and I was going to leave court with him in my arms finally and when I showed up at the courthouse I was turned away didn’t even get to see him and they told me that he was already placed in a home. I was devastated I thought so hard to get him back even under the circumstances and was turned away I was devastated and I never got a chance to be the mom that needed. They never did a home visit and they never questioned me or anyone CPS never even came to my house to make sure I will provide for him they didn’t do anything, that now that I’m aware of and I understand that they were supposed to do they did not and at the time I was 17 and and did not want to get in trouble so I followed everything to the t that they told me to do. All I want is to find my son that I have been looking for for years I want him to know that I’ve fought for him and I’ve looked for him and I love him with every part of my being and I will not stop until I find him he has a family waiting for him me and my husband who is a mailman have looked for him, and I want him to know that he has a mother and a father and siblings who really want to see him and get to know him And love him and care for him the way that he supposed to be. please help me find my son who was robbed from me.