There are many adoptees in the community that are creating media and art about their adoption stories and experiences. Click on the pictures below and check out what these adoptees have to share with our community.
Adoptee Creators and Projects
Check out the adoptees below to learn more about their stories or projects. Click on the picture to learn more about them.
Kismet (documentaries)
Yes, i’m adopted (podcasts)
Isabelle Yina (youtuber)
The adoptee life (web series)
A Chinese adoptee’s journey (blog)
Hua Ji Ting adoption story (blog)
Chinese adoptee (blog)
incomplete (short film)
adopteelilly (youtuber)
Keechul Ko (youtuber)
danakadan (documentaries, musician)
MEi Kelly (Adoption & identity intertwined creator and website coordinator)
Sam & anais (documentary, memoir)
side by side (adoptee interviewee)
Adoptees in the Media - This page has a list of well known foster care, domestic, and international adoptees.
CBBC My Life: Adopted from China
Writings/Publications by Adoptees
Soleil S. Groh’s Thesis
Ellora Bulema’s play
Jasmine M.’s OD to my Birth Mother
Comic
A poignant comic about a girl's struggle to find her identity, racial and otherwise.
Articles by Adoptees Here
Zoë collected resources for adoptees that you can find here
Projects on the Beat
Adoption & Identity Intertwined: 2021 Adoptee Interviews
In 2015, I did 12 interviews with teen adoptees. I am doing a 5-year check-up and update to those original interviews. I have planned to do periodic check-ins with adoptees every 5 to 10 years to see how the interviewees’ answers evolve through different stages of life.
I am now opening this project to the public. If you are an adoptee that would like to do an interview with me, either once or on going please sign up below. These interviews are intended for adoptees to self-reflect and understand their adoption stories and identity development. These interviews will not be published unless the interviewee would like them to be added as a resource.
