Imagine this: You text your family and friends and say “We’ve begun the process to adopt!” They respond with excitement. And then your next text says “…and if you want to be in that child’s life, you are required to attend a 2-hour virtual workshop about racism, child-welfare and the history of adoption. And before that, you’ll need to watch a documentary about a transracial adoptee who searched for and found her birth mother in her twenties. Let me know if you’re in…”

In episode 13 of “Facing Race,” KING5 examines race and identity, including the complications that come with being multiracial. How people identify can depend on more than just ethnic and racial background. It can vary depending on how they look, what family members they're close to and who raised them…

This year I have spent over 70 hours virtually mentoring adopted teens between the ages of 12-19 - and I’ve enjoyed every second of it! During an unquestionably difficult year for all of us, these teens really brightened up my days. Some of the conversations I’ve had with my mentees have resulted in…

I’ve been slowly making my way through the harrowing documentary; Immigration Nation, which is a six-part exposé of US immigration enforcement under the Trump administration. Through this documentary, we see many of the bureaucratic steps, small tasks and people involved between confronting an undocumented person and putting them on a plane out of the US, or to a prison-holding center. After watching someone process documents (or, what they may see as ‘pushing paper.’), Becca Heller, the Executive Director of The International Refugee Assistance Project would say…

I am really excited to share another initiative produced by my husband, Bryan and I. As a tireless content creator, I’m always seeking ways to amplify adoptee voices, so creating a podcast seemed like a no-brainer. I am thrilled to share…