LuLu Grant

Adopted from China, I was in Mexico teaching ESL online to Chinese students. When a girl reunited me with my foster family and the man who found me as a baby, I finally faced my trauma. I journeyed to my homeland to reconnect with my roots and find my birth parents who abandoned me. #DVpit #A #Mem

Abandoned in China. Adopted to the US. I suppressed my painful past until a 4yo Chinese girl led me to the man who found me on the streets as a newborn. The discovery inspired me to journey back to my roots to uncover my origin story and search for my birth parents. #DVpit #A #Mem

In Mexico, they call me “La Chinita”. But as a Chinese-American adoptee running from my past, I despise the name. Only when I teach ESL to Chinese kids do I crave connection and answers. I return to China to reclaim my identity & search for my birth parents who abandoned me. #DVpit #A #Mem

I was living in Mexico, teaching ESL online to Chinese children when a student led me to the identity of the man who found me on the street as a baby. But to discover who and where I came from, I had to face China, the place I was born, abandoned, and adopted from. #DVpit #A #Mem #Own #POC

I wanted to forget China—the place I was born, abandoned, and adopted from. But when a 4yo girl led me to the man who found me on the street as a newborn, I had to choose: continue to run from my painful past or face it to discover my origin story and find my birth parents. #DVpit #A #Mem