Desiree shares the complexities of life as an adoptee, the challenges of finding and establishing ones roots, reinventing oneself, finding a place to just be.
Tag: Filipino adoptee
What I Lost When I Was Adopted
Stephanie shares questions and thoughts about the complex path traversed to come to integrate losses and gains into a sense of identity as a Filipino adoptee.
Art Auction for ICAV
As a result of my attendance at The Hague Working Group for Illicit Practices in Adoption meeting in May, I met with over 20 Central Authority representatives. One of them was the Executive Director of the Inter-Country Adoption Board (ICAB) in the Philippines. She has invited ICAV as a guest speaker to the 15th Philippine Global …
A Filipino Adoptee’s Plea to Not Be Erased
Dear Intercountry Adoption Board (ICAB) of the Philippines, I'm a 33-year-old Filipino American adoptee and I refuse to be erased. I refuse to be ignored. I was born in the Philippines and it was not my choice to leave. But it is my choice to return as an adult and to regain my citizenship. Because, …
MOVEnSHAKE for Young Adoptees
Anna shares on what she does to provide teenage intercountry adoptees, a space to connect and be mentored by older adoptees.