In this episode, we meet Melissa, a Columbian adoptee, who found out she was adopted at 19 years old. She recounts this experience and her various emotions about her upbringing. Melissa shares her thoughts on the struggles and tensions she faced growing up in her adoptive family as they connect to her culture and race. We also learn of her excitement and hopes for visiting her biological family later this year and reconnecting to her Columbian roots for herself and her family.

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