Regina Louise Kerr-Taylor [1] is an American author, child advocate, and motivational speaker, who is best known for successfully navigating through more than thirty foster home placements as a ward of the California Juvenile Court system.

Due to her father's estrangement, Regina turned herself in to the Richmond Police Department and was taken into custody the day before her thirteenth birthday.

Kerr expressed a willingness to adopt Louise, but a Contra Costa County court denied her petition.

She now speaks and coaches organizations and individuals on issues of trauma and personal development, and is a foster care abolitionist.

Author of the memoir Somebody's Someone, Louise has appeared on National Public Radio's All Things Considered[3] KQED Forum, CBC, BBC and the CBS Early Show.