Wallace speaks to students at Beaumont High School in Beaumont, CA. For many young people, the foster care system is designed to manage risk not unlock potential. For Dwayne Wallace , it became something else entirely: a system he learned to navigate, challenge, and ultimately outgrow. Wallace’s journey, from foster care to Division I football, from overlooked student to Cal Berkeley graduate, is the foundation of his book, Don’t Let the System Beat You . First published in
