Unheard Voices: The Real Feelings of Adoptees

On this episode, Eli, a 21-year-old talks about his coming out story and gives suggestions to parents about how they can support their child.  Eli was not adopted, but is one of A New Beginning's Peer Mentors and has a huge heart for helping kids and parents when they find themselves in tough places, navigating very personal identity issues.  

Meet Fikadu, an 18-year-old adoptee from Ethiopia.  Listen to his powerful story about being adopted with his little brother, his memories of Ethiopia and his biological family, and the humorous way he learned English.   

Meet Rachel, a 20-year-old, adopted as an infant.  Join us as Rachel talks about being adopted, as a biracial child, into a very white community.  She talks about culture, meeting her birth mother and biological sister, becoming comfortable with who she is, and the impact adoption has had on her through different developmental stages.  

Meet Maddi, a 20-year-old adoptee, adopted from foster care with her two siblings.    Join us as we talk about her time in foster care, taking on the responsibility of "mom" with her little brothers, what it was like to be an adoptee with a trauma background, and her advice for adoptive parents.