In this episode, we meet Yaya--a 15 year-old girl who wants to share with us her story of adoption and identity, growing up in the U.S. as Chinese American with an all-white family, and navigating spaces where very few people looked like her. She's also here with some strong messages of hope and optimism, while giving us a master lesson on why we should probably stop taking ourselves so seriously. 

Additional Resources: 

https://www.npr.org/2018/10/13/657201204/code-switch-transracial-adoptees-on-their-racial-identity-and-sense-of-self

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/14/lens/asian-american-identity-transracial-adoptions.html

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