Sister Charlotte Raftery is a member of the Sisters of Charity of New York, Founders and Sponsors of the Foundling. She is a New York State Licensed Clinical Social Worker who resigned just recently as a Faculty Advisor with MSW students in the Fordham University School of Social Service. She has extensive experience in the field of Child Welfare, having served for many years as Director of Preventive Services at LSA Family Health Service. Sister Charlotte currently volunteers as a mentor to persons in the New York City shelter system in the Leadership Skills Training and Empowerment Program, an outreach of St. Francis Xavier Church in Manhattan.