178. Becca Flatt: "Adoptee Beacon" and "Conscious Adoption Navigating Estrangement"

Once Upon A Time...In Adopteeland

Becca Flatt is a Mixed Race, Black and white, closed, domestic infant, interracial adoptee. Becca’s biological family and adoptive family mirror each other; however, Becca, being mixed race, does not share the racial identity of either set of her parents. Becca Graduated from The University of Southern California with her Master’s in social work and a concentration in mental health in 2014. Becca provides mental health treatment to transracial, interracial, and same-race adoptees of color in Oregon.

Websites: https://www.mendedheart.org/ https://adoptionmosaic.com/

Instagram: @mending_the_adopted_heart

Adoptee Consciousness Model: https://intercountryadopteevoices.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/adoptee-consciousness-model.pdf

https://redthreadbroken.com/2022/06/23/out-of-the-fog-and-into-consciousness-a-model-of-adoptee-awareness/

Music by Corey Quinn