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X-WR-CALDESC:For Fred\, learning he was adopted came with two earthshaking 
 revelations. First\, he had no idea how central his birth story was to his
  sense of identity. Second\, he was unaware that there was actually a grou
 p of the population in his state and country that had diminished records a
 ccess rights—adoptees. Together\, the two revelations sent Fred on a journ
 ey to redefine himself and find new purpose. Today\, Fred’s writing work f
 ocuses on family\, identity\, different DNA\, and the craziness of living 
 in the Intersection. \n\nAbout Fred\nAt the age of 41\, Fred Nicora’s foun
 dation was swept away by the slip of a tongue at a family gathering of abo
 ut 250 extended family members. He discovered he was adopted as an infant.
  It wasn’t until he contacted the State of Wisconsin the following week to
  find out his factual identity that the second swing of the wrecking ball 
 completed the annihilation of self\, and he discovered he was legally proh
 ibited from knowing his own story\, his truth. Today\, Fred is committed t
 o bringing truth and transparency to all those affected by altered and hid
 den identities as a result of legal and societal barriers. Fred’s work is 
 based on and inspired by compilations of real-life stories about genetic s
 urprises derived from DNA databases\, adoptions\, and donor conceptions an
 d the impacts they have on those affected\, with the intention of spotligh
 ting the need for factual birth information access to all. \n\nFred holds 
 a B.S. in Business Administration\, an M.S. in Management Technology\, a m
 aster’s in architecture\, and a secondary lifetime Teaching license via a 
 master’s program. Careers explored include health care administration\, ar
 chitecture\, business consulting\, teaching\, human resource management\, 
 and his own entrepreneurial endeavors including a startup gluten free baki
 ng enterprise and authoring his story of being thrust into the adoption co
 nstellation as a late-discovery adoptee. \n\nA father of three grown child
 ren\, Fred currently lives and maintains a small hobby farm in Southeaster
 n Wisconsin. He is the author of Forbidden Roots: A Memoir of Late Discove
 ry Adoption.
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DESCRIPTION:For Fred\, learning he was adopted came with two earthshaking r
 evelations. First\, he had no idea how central his birth story was to his 
 sense of identity. Second\, he was unaware that there was actually a group
  of the population in his state and country that had diminished records ac
 cess rights—adoptees. Together\, the two revelations sent Fred on a journe
 y to redefine himself and find new purpose. Today\, Fred’s writing work fo
 cuses on family\, identity\, different DNA\, and the craziness of living i
 n the Intersection. \n\nAbout Fred\nAt the age of 41\, Fred Nicora’s found
 ation was swept away by the slip of a tongue at a family gathering of abou
 t 250 extended family members. He discovered he was adopted as an infant. 
 It wasn’t until he contacted the State of Wisconsin the following week to 
 find out his factual identity that the second swing of the wrecking ball c
 ompleted the annihilation of self\, and he discovered he was legally prohi
 bited from knowing his own story\, his truth. Today\, Fred is committed to
  bringing truth and transparency to all those affected by altered and hidd
 en identities as a result of legal and societal barriers. Fred’s work is b
 ased on and inspired by compilations of real-life stories about genetic su
 rprises derived from DNA databases\, adoptions\, and donor conceptions and
  the impacts they have on those affected\, with the intention of spotlight
 ing the need for factual birth information access to all. \n\nFred holds a
  B.S. in Business Administration\, an M.S. in Management Technology\, a ma
 ster’s in architecture\, and a secondary lifetime Teaching license via a m
 aster’s program. Careers explored include health care administration\, arc
 hitecture\, business consulting\, teaching\, human resource management\, a
 nd his own entrepreneurial endeavors including a startup gluten free bakin
 g enterprise and authoring his story of being thrust into the adoption con
 stellation as a late-discovery adoptee. \n\nA father of three grown childr
 en\, Fred currently lives and maintains a small hobby farm in Southeastern
  Wisconsin. He is the author of Forbidden Roots: A Memoir of Late Discover
 y Adoption.
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SUMMARY:VIRTUAL - Moving Beyond Awareness with Fred Nicora
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