Our Stories

Daniel was adopted from mainland China at three years old and currently lives outside the Seattle/Tacoma USA area. He was diagnosed with a rare disease called TSC at six years old.

Sun Mee explores the meaning of true belonging in this transcultural world—She is a certified Holistic Coach, Retreat Facilitator, and Founder of NUMARU—An international Community and Emotional Wellbeing Platform for transracial and BIPoc adoptees (TRA).

Joon Ae Haworth-Kaufka (she/they) is a Korean adoptee who was born in Seoul in 1976 and grew up outside of Detroit in a white, working-class Christian evangelical household.

Isaac Etter is an adoptee and social entrepreneur. Isaac was transracially adopted at the age of two. He is the founder of Identity, a startup focused on using technology to help adoptive and foster parents thrive.

Marcella Moslow, LCSW, RPT is an interracial and international adoptee from Colombia, as well as a certified trauma therapist with a private practice in Buffalo, NY.

Cam’s work has been featured in National Council for Adoption, Christianity Today, University of Minnesota School of Social Work, and Center for Adoption Support and Education. Paired with his clinical practice, Cam serves as a training facilitator for the accredited Permanency and Adoption Competency Certificate, a leading post-Master’s curriculum shaping adoption competencies for over 1800 professional graduates nationwide.

Christelle Pellecuer is a certified coach, specializing in providing holistic support to black adoptees as they navigate their adoption story and identity. With a rich background spanning diverse sectors including higher education, beauty and fashion, and arts, culture and heritage, Christelle brings a multifaceted perspective to her coaching practice.

Victoria (Torie) is a speaker, consultant, and cultural anthropologist. As a biracial Black transracial adoptee, she was raised in KY in a white Italian American family.

Dr. Alexándrea Evans Oneal, a multi-ethnic, same-race adoptee, brings over two decades of expertise to her work with youth, families, and couples on their paths of connection and healing.

Kevyn W A Y (they/them) is a Black, queer & gender expansive, multi-genre writer who weaves stories to make the reader gasp, shutter, and cackle. Their writing features themes of race, family and adoption while highlighting the connection between gender and Blackness.

Trishna Malick is a singer, actress, and model in Los Angleles CA. She is alumni to the prestigious, “Berklee College of Music” where she studied vocal performance/music.

Sara Hirschhorn (she/her) is a transracial adoptee from South Korea. She was adopted at 4 months of age. She grew up in Atlanta, GA until she was 7 and has lived in an Oregon since then.

Anna Linde is a passionate sexologist, public speaker and educator – in the field of sexual and reproductive health and rights, where focus is to reach liberation from a decolonized perspective.

Jennifer Dyan Ghoston, a same-race domestic adoptee in reunion with both sides of her biological family. Jennifer has been connected with the adoption community for over a decade and always interested in hearing the personal stories of adoptees from all over the globe

Stephanie graduated from Langara College (Digital & Print Publications, Dean’s Honour Roll) and recently from Simon Fraser University (Editng Certificate). Last summer, she published her first children’s book – Septopus.