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Raising your voice...
Raising your voice when no one else dared Out of fear of rattling cages, built of lies and dread Screaming, in the streets of the south and the global north to expose the truth and make the responsible pay for 70 years of pricing children but never of loving them Showing the world the face of anger and hurt that produces a system so corrupt, classist and capitalist but still ever so painted in words like child protection and humanitarian aid Sticking your nose in the affair

Elena Di Giovanna
Dec 2, 20252 min read


Between dimensions
Two different timelines, living one…visiting the other one when I can One familiar, the other new but feels more like home…a reality that could have been. I am often seen as a foreigner in both worlds. I have come to accept this… maybe we are all bridges between these two worlds. At each moment I decide where I belong. Many try to tell me who I am, but the truth is that I am from here and there. Soy de acá y allá. Try to place me in one of your categories, so you can feel at

Elena Di Giovanna
Oct 8, 20251 min read


Letters from an adoptee: Displacement
Don’t take me away again, to leave it to chance to be reconnected with these mountains and indigenous lands for another three decades. ...

Elena Di Giovanna
Oct 4, 20252 min read


Yes, it is your birthright to reclaim your Colombian citizenship if you choose to do so.
Updated: April 4th, 2025 - Given the current circumstances in the United States, you may be thinking more about a plan b or obtaining...

Elena Di Giovanna
Sep 17, 20242 min read


To search or not to search...
The answer is definetly not an easy one nor is it the same for everyone. From personal experience and from working with fellow adoptees...

Elena Di Giovanna
Aug 27, 20223 min read


Dear fellow adoptee,
Welcome to this journey which is unique and personal to each adoptee who begins the search to find their biological family. Wherever you...

Elena Di Giovanna
Aug 24, 20192 min read


Dear adoptive family member,
If you have made it to this page, I want to say thank you for having the courage to take a look at another perspective in this complex...

Elena Di Giovanna
Aug 24, 20192 min read


Dear biological mother or family member,
I hope this message finds you well. I imagine that thinking about your child who was given into for adoption, whether by force, cohesion,...

Elena Di Giovanna
Aug 24, 20191 min read
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