5 years older and wiser! And also the longest project I have committed to. I share about a recent trip to Australia and emotions related to relationships (family, friends, romantic). I am also supporting and assisting the Nanchang project with their in person gathering in NYC on 10/11/25. The Mid Autumn for reunion virtual 5k run/ walk takes place October 1-15th.

Additional podcasts to listen to: Mel Robins, Lewis Howes, Armchair Expert, Good Hang, Smartless, and I personally enjoy rewatch ones: Avatar, braving the Elements and And Just Like That.

Happy birth month Jean! Like Jean Piccard! This episode Jean shares about adoption in Star Trek, Steven Universe, and Blue Eyed Samurai. It was great to have the shows discussed also help share and express some feelings and sentiments about adoption. Jean mentions comedian Ko King Booster and actress Michaela Dietz, voice of Amethyst in Steven Universe. @displacedklingon on instagram

Carmen sent a message saying she got her CoC June 2025 in which I replied -”CoC?”

In this episode, Carmen shares about her experience with getting her Certificate of Citizenship (duration 7 months) including speaking with her mom, the adoption agency, and an attorney. We talk about the N- 600 (https://www.uscis.gov/n-600) and also about how she came to this decision to obtain the document and the process to complete.

The firm is Millner and Markee located in San Diego, CA USA. (https://www.milner-markee.com/) Our passport is not the same as the paper itself. Feel free to contact @carmen.meng on instagram.

USCIS is United States Citizenship and Immigration Services

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We visit this recording with writer Lianna from winter 2024 and sharing now in summer 2025. Lianna lives outside of the US and adopted from Hunan province. We talk about the Nanchang project and how Chinese adoptee alliance like many other orgs have shifted from parents to adoptee led. And of course, Lianna shared about writing and how creating these stories are a way to process adoption and Chinese culture. @lifeng.stories on instagram.

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I spoke with Laur over the winter break from school and now releasing this episode a little over a month from the Chinese Adoptee Collective first ever conference taking place June 27-29. Laur has lived in various spots throughout the US and works within therapy. Sometimes it can be so difficult to vocalize all the feelings but Laur did so and with a stranger too.

You can reach them at @helloitslaur and @chineseadopteecollective on IG.

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We are both Marylanders who went to CLI in Guilin at different times but were able to meet in NYC twice. Couple years back, I spoke with Jenna over hot chocolate about adoption and then she kindly came to my cozy room in Queens where we recorded this episode. During 2 months of Chinese language study in Guilin, Jenna also went to the city where she was left/found to look for her biological parents.

She shares about the experience and how conversations with others bio-parents helped her empathize with the heartache that bio-parents carry. Sharing quote from Jenna “I hope that maybe if I share some of my conversations with the Chinese adoptee community, it can help them process some of their resentment (if they have any).”

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Mimi is a senior in journalism at Ohio University and graduates soon. We connect because Mimi’s thesis project is about how China's one-child policy affects adopted Asian American women. This episode, we talk about OU and all I reminisce on the memories. Mimi went on a heritage trip to China, studied abroad in Hong Kong, and even did some birth searching at a young age. It was cool to see her adoption tattoo too! Find @mimi_calhoun on socials.

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I was able to catch Grace during a brief break from Phd studies. It’s the holiday season and we spent some time in nostalgia with books from childhood: Boxcar children, Magic Tree House, and Series of Unfortunate events. We also talk about food and other books related to cuisine and also about Andrea Louie (advisor) book How Chinese are You.

It was also wonderful to hear about Grace’s two trips back to China. One with her mom during teen years and another more recent trip to China and Korea with her partner. Grace has spoken with all adoptees with various backgrounds as her PhD is related to adoption and identity. You can connect with Grace @nograceno.

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