Essays

2023

• The Daily Beast
  • Would-Be Adopters Are Praying for the Destruction of Families
  • Should Foster Parents Be Allowed to Monetize Their Kids?
• The Everymom
  • Contributing Editor Articles

2022

• The Daily Beast
  • Rosie O’Donnell’s Adoption TikTok Is Foolish and Ignorant
• Independent
  • As an adoptee, I’m concerned at the idea of adopting through apps and social media
  • Roe v Wade: I’m an adoptee – adoption is not a ‘simple’ solution to abortion
• The Everymom
  • Contributing Editor Articles

2021

• New York Times
  • End the Secrecy, Open Up Adoption Records
• Huffpost
  • Like Colin Kaepernick, I Wish My Adoptive Family Had Talked About Race

• The Independent
  • My birth mother didn’t get the option of abortion. That’s why I stand against the Texas ban.
• Zora
  • Rebecca Carroll Has a Lot to Say About Race in America

2020

• Zora
  • Abby Johnson’s Video Shows the Problem with White Parents Adopting Children of Color
• Insider
  • I Was Adopted outside of the US and Have Disabilities. I’m Tired of the Savior Narrative Among White Adoptive Parents.
• HuffPo
  • My Half Siblings Found Me on 23andMe. I Wasn’t Prepared for What Happened Next.
• Hello Giggles (and Yahoo)
  • My Chronic Illness Made me Think I Was a Burden to Others Until Therapy Helped Me See the Truth
• Level- Medium
  • ‘Gentefied’ is For All the Latinx That Never Fit In
• Embrace Race
  • My Kids Won’t Have to Question Their Identities The Way I Did
• Electric Literature
  • The Book All Prospective Adoptive Parents Need to Read

2019

• Restless Magazine
  • After the Happy Ending
• Zora – Medium
  • How Immersion Into My Own Food Culture Changed Me as an Adoptee​
• HuffPost Personal
  • My Adoptive Parents Hid My Racial Identity From Me For 19 Years

2018

• Filter Free Parents
  • Adoption Stems From Loss So Not of Us Feel “Lucky”
  • 10 Potty Training Truths No One Tells You
• Her View From Home
  • To the Moms With Chronic Illness
  • How a Photo Shared in a Facebook Group of Moms Saved One Little Boy’s Life
• Scary Mommy
  • Stop Saying This To Kids Who Are Adopted
• Motherly
  • Learning That I’m Bipolar Made Me A Better Mom
  • My Son Was Six Months Old When I Found Out I Was Pregnant Again​
• The Mighty
  • What a Day Is Like for a Mother With Chronic Illness (Also on Yahoo)
  • Helping My Mental Health as a Mom