by KYW's Larry Kane
Produced by Jim Melwert

Luis is 14 years old, and he describes himself as a passionate person:

"I'm a happy person, I'm a funny person, I'm a sensitive person, meaning that if you say anything to hurt me I will cry."

Luis hopes to be a surgeon when he grows up. For now, he says, he enjoys playing basketball and hanging out with his friends:

"A good friend to me is somebody that I can I tell my secrets, that I can tell my problems to, and somebody that I can trust that won't go around telling other people my business."

Luis' Puerto Rican heritage means a lot to him, and he says he wants a family that is bilingual. And he says he has a lot to offer that family:

"I will give them love, I will give them thank-yous, and I will help them a lot. If they need help doing something that they can't do, then I will go help them. If somebody's sick I will do something to help them around the house or something they need to do."

And family recruiter Tamara Reddick says it's important to find Luis a permanent home because she would hate to see him lose his caring side. But she says that can happen to boys in foster care:

"Because they're not getting back what they're giving. And so they kind of become bitter they don't feel as loved as they feel they should be."

For more information, go to the web site of the Adoption Center of Delaware Valley, ACDV.org.  
 
(Photo by KYW's Ed Fischer)