For over 10 years now, I have been writing and speaking about issues stemming from inter-country adoption, such as identity, loss, family separation/reunification, and adoptee activism.

Here are some highlights of my work:

Podcast (co-producing/co-hosting)

2016/17: Out of the Fog 

Podcast interviews

2024: Ethiopian Adoptees: Unapologetically Unfiltered (Season 2: Episodes 1-2)

Chapters in anthologies

2024: The Global Ethiopian Diaspora: Migrations, Connections, and Belongings

2022: Lions Roaring Far From Home: An Anthology by Ethiopian Adoptees

2018: La Couleur de l’adoption

Adoptee-centric blogs/publications

2012-2013: Land of Gazillion Adoptees (Gazillion Voices Magazine)

2014-2017: Lost Daughters

Published articles

2016: Belonging Network: Support for Families and Youth (formerly The Adoptive Families Association of BC)

Conferences/Panels (most recent)

2023:

• Black German Heritage & Research Association (BGHRA) Annual Conference: Arts As Resistance, Rutgers University-Camden, New Jersey

• CO.F.F.E.E.: Ethiopian Heritage Culture Camp (Welches, Oregon)

• Ethiopian Heritage and Culture Camp (Virginia)

2022: Family Despite Empire (in collaboration INCITE, Columbia University)

2021: Horn of Africa: Women For Peace Network (in collaboration with Vienna Institute for International Dialogue and Cooperation)