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X-WR-CALDESC:Svetlana Sandoval is an International Adoptee from Russia. She
  was adopted to the U.S. during the peak wave of international adoptions i
 n the late 90s. Svetlana will share her experience of growing up as an int
 ernational adoptee\, and how her understanding of adoption evolved through
 out her teens and young adulthood. Svetlana is in reunion with her birthmo
 ther and family in Russia\, and will share the complexities of navigating 
 a virtual reunion across language and cultural barriers. She will also sha
 re how misinformation from her adoption agency left her unaware of her nat
 ive citizenship status and how dual citizenship has brought additional com
 plexities to traveling to meet her family in person. Svetlana has spent th
 e last two years reclaiming her immigrant identity and will share about he
 r immigrant community experiences and choice to reclaim her original name.
  Svetlana is currently pursuing a Bachelor of Social Work and will share h
 ow her adoptee and immigrant identities have informed her academic path to
  support international adoptees on their journeys.
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DESCRIPTION:Svetlana Sandoval is an International Adoptee from Russia. She 
 was adopted to the U.S. during the peak wave of international adoptions in
  the late 90s. Svetlana will share her experience of growing up as an inte
 rnational adoptee\, and how her understanding of adoption evolved througho
 ut her teens and young adulthood. Svetlana is in reunion with her birthmot
 her and family in Russia\, and will share the complexities of navigating a
  virtual reunion across language and cultural barriers. She will also shar
 e how misinformation from her adoption agency left her unaware of her nati
 ve citizenship status and how dual citizenship has brought additional comp
 lexities to traveling to meet her family in person. Svetlana has spent the
  last two years reclaiming her immigrant identity and will share about her
  immigrant community experiences and choice to reclaim her original name. 
 Svetlana is currently pursuing a Bachelor of Social Work and will share ho
 w her adoptee and immigrant identities have informed her academic path to 
 support international adoptees on their journeys.
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SUMMARY:VIRTUAL - An International Adoptee’s Perspective: Navigating Adopte
 e and Immigrant Identity with Svetlana Sandoval
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