Joanna Lima grew up as a kind of motherless child, knowing little of her Filipino roots. So when she was asked to conjure up the image of an ancestor, she kind of lost it. Joanna is studying to be a therapist who can apply her own life experiences to the people she helps to heal. She speaks vulnerably about her evolving experience as a woman of color and a transracial adoptee. This episode was recorded outdoors, masked, at a safe distance at the University of San Diego.

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