Contributor

Melissa Guida-Richards

Guest Writer

Melissa Guida-Richards is an adoptee advocate, an educator, and the author of "What White Parents Should Know About Transracial Adoption." She founded the Adoptee Thoughts Instagram and Podcast to help elevate adoptee voices and educate adoptive parents on the nuances and complexity of adoption. She has appeared on news outlets such as Washington Post, NYT, Tamron Hall, Good Day LA and has given workshops to dozens of adoption agencies for adoptive parents and adoption professionals. For more, check out AdopteeThoughts.com.

October 18, 2021

Like Colin Kaepernick, I Wish My Adoptive Family Had Talked About Race
May 28, 2020

My Half Siblings Found Me On 23andMe. I Wasn't Prepared For What Happened Next.
September 5, 2024

My Adoptive Parents Hid My Racial Identity From Me For 19 Years

Submit a tip

Do you have info to share with HuffPost reporters? Heres how.

Terms of Service and Privacy Policy."},"cetDataVars":{"unit_name":"main","unit_type":"feed","subunit_name":"subscribe_follow","subunit_type":"component","position_in_subunit":0}}">