
Resources
Recommendations regarding various adoption topics, etc.
Will be updating periodically :)
Thinking about learning Spanish?
*I would recommend Spanish with Edgar. I have met him personally and he and his team teach Colombian Spanish. It is never too late to start or restart whichever level you are at. Our native language is part of who we are and learning it can be a way to reclaim that part of our identity. Click here to learn more: Spanish with Edgar
*Another fantastic option would be Marisol! You can contact her at Spanishalacolombiana: https://www.spanishalacolombiana.com/free-lesson/ by clicking anywhere here. I have also met Marisol in person who is kind, patient, and has already been teaching other adoptees as well :)
Books/links
Heal your wounds and find your true self Lise Bourbeau : 5 wounds of the soul: abandonment, rejection, injustice, humiliation, betrayal.
Top 5 Adoption Trauma Books You Must Read – I Am Adopted
Books about Intercountry Adoptions from Colombia - Adoptee Reading
Adoptee led site: https://www.colombianinfluence.com
Adoption history in Colombia
https://www.nytimes.com/1981/08/16/world/ring-in-columbia-kidnaps-children-for-sale-abroad.html
https://colombiareports.com/locating-colombias-stolen-children/
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/13/us/overseas-adoptions-decline.html
Colombia adoptees find family decades after volcano tragedy https://apnews.com/article/6533119d8b674c3b9742d95cd78702c8
Colombian adoptees speak about corruption, culture, and dna testing
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fuyqvxw-5p4&t=1386s