Color Shift: Transracial Adoptees

Today on Color Shift , I’m honored to be joined by Dewi —a powerful voice in the adoptee community whose story spans continents, generations, and identities. Dewi was born in Indonesia in 1978 and adopted as an infant by white American parents. Renamed "Amy" and raised in white suburbia, she spent years navigating life in silence—until reclaiming her birth name and reconnecting with both...

In this episode, I talk with Marcela, a Chilean adoptee who was adopted at one month old and raised in Massachusetts by a white American family. Without connection to her culture or heritage growing up, Marcela always felt something was missing. That changed in 2019 when she found and reunited with her birth mother in Chile. We talk about what reunion has meant to her, how it's shaped her und...

Kellan's Journey Through Adoption and Queer Identity In this episode of Color Shift , Kellan shares their story of being adopted from China to the UK and raised in a white family and community. They reflect on the complexities of identity, silence, and survival that shaped their early years—and the deep healing work they’ve done since. Kellan speaks openly about what it means to reclaim space...

Hannah was born in Kansas City to a white birth mother and Black birth father, and adopted into a white family in Pennsylvania. Raised in a community where no one looked like her, Hannah’s early years were marked by isolation, a lack of racial mirrors, and a longing to understand where she came from. In this episode, she shares what it was like to grow up feeling disconnected from her Black identi...

In this episode, Nathan sits down with Saskia, a Chilean adoptee raised in a predominantly white town in New Jersey after being adopted at just two and a half months old. As the only girl and only adoptee in a family with three biological brothers, Saskia grew up surrounded by the narrative that adoption was something to be grateful for. But as she got older, questions about her origins led her to...

Nicky Hammond is a Korean Australian adoptee, coach, and breathworker who helps intercountry adoptees reconnect with identity and community. In this episode, she shares her journey from growing up in a white Australian family to rediscovering her heritage, living in Seoul, and creating healing spaces for fellow adoptees.  Links and info for Nicky: Nicky@coachscoach.co IG  Handle: Coachscoach.co We...

In this preview episode, host Nathan Choi introduces Color Shift: Transracial Adoptees — a podcast created by and for transracial adoptees, and for anyone who wants to understand us better. Nathan shares what you can expect from future episodes, what the term “color shift” means, and how the show is designed to feel like three friends catching up over coffee — one speaking, one listening and askin...