Smith says. “Mama Essie is still living in Stockton. She’s alive! Have you seen the picture? She is beautiful.” Smith is excited to talk about Gilchrist, who was a bright spot in a dark ...

Strangers came together, started digging, searching and found the wonderful, mystery foster mom, “Mama Essie.” Gilchrist, a Stockton resident, is the woman X followers were hoping to find ...

Gilchrist graduated from Lincoln High School in Stockton, Stanford University and New York University School of Law. She is the daughter of Archie and Essie Gilchrist. Jordan, center, is standing ...

STOCKTON — A woman who found herself in ... had sent her former foster mom, Essie Gilchrist, a letter in 2000 but wasn't sure if she ever received it. But this time, with the help of the ...