On Episode 5 of the Adoptee Thoughts Podcast, Guida-Richards talks with Jessica and discusses her experience finding and reuniting with her birth family, her work in mentoring fellow Adoptees, and helpful advice for adoptive parents.
Mentorship at Spence-Chapin: NYC based Mentorship
All Together Now: Brooklyn based Mentorship
Bio:
Based in New York, Jessica M. Luciere (she/hers), is a mother, photographer, transracial adoptee, and adoptee advocate who has spent 15+ years working with adoptive families from all around the world. Jessica is the President of All Together Now, a mentoring program based in Brooklyn NY, and the Director of the Spence-Chapin Mentorship program in New York City, both serving adoptees and their families. Her involvement in mentorship has given her the opportunity to witness the adoptee experience from many different lenses and learn from all of those within the adoption constellation. This has been the most important work Jessica has done and she continues to develop and grow programming for this community that is so close to her heart.
Email Jessica at JMLuciere.nyc@ gmail DOT com
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To read more of the work by your host Melissa Guida-Richards, check out guida-richards.com, or the podcast's website adopteethoughts.com.
My book is now available for preorder and in stores on October 5th!
📖What White Parents Should Know About Transracial Adoption: An Adoptee's Perspective on Its History, Nuances, and Practices
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An Interview with Transracial Adoptee, Molly McLaurin, founder of Monarch Connections
An Interview with Lynn Woo Mykytyn, Adoptee & Therapist
An Interview with Paige Knipfer, Adoptive Parent & Adoption Consultant
An Interview with Alessia, Adopted from the USA to Italy
An Interview with Astrid Castro, of Adoption Mosaic
An interview with Annie Goodchild, Singer, Songwriter, and Transracial Adoptee
An Interview with Jenny Heijun Wills, Award Winning Author
An Interview with Christine, Founder of Adoptee Bridge
An Interview with Nicole Chung, Bestselling Author
An Interview with Louise, an International Adoptee in An Open Adoption
An Interview with Shelley, An International Adoptee from China to Canada
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Interview with Aliyah Santos, a Mixed Race Domestic Adoptee
An Interview with Lauren Sharkey, adoptee & author of 'Inconvenient Daughter'
An Interview with Anissa Druesedow, a Deported Adoptee
An Interview with Kylie Peterson, a Black TRA
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