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The Hummingbird Lion
Accessible worldwide, my work is rooted in a child‑centered, adoptee‑first perspective shaped by my own lived experience. I am a Korean transracial adoptee who remembers my first life in Korea, having been adopted at age twelve. I am also a transracial adoptive mother to my son from birth, a biological mother of three, and a survivor who has reunited with my first family. These experiences led me back to college and into a PhD program focused on trauma‑based psychology, attachment, and developmental rupture.
Through this site, I offer adoptees of all ages the tools to understand their development, identity, and emotional landscape through a trauma‑informed, culturally humble lens — including the complexities of transracial adoption, cultural loss, and the impact of early attachment wounds or sexual trauma. For adoptive parents, I provide education and guidance to help them understand the history their child carries, the attachment trauma they arrive with, and the importance of embracing their role as the second family — not a replacement for the first, and not a solution to infertility. My mission is to bring truth, compassion, and psychological clarity to the adoption constellation so that healing and healthier lifelong relationships become possible.
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