Fekadu O'Connor: "Be Proud of Who You Are."

In this episode, I am lucky to have my brother Fekadu O'Connor on to talk about his experience as an Ethiopian adoptee. Now 19 years old and a freshman in college, Fekadu talks about his experience as an adoptee making friends, playing sports, and transitioning to college. He also touches on the conscious effort he now makes to connect with other Black individuals and how that's become an important part of understanding his identity as a Black man. As Fekadu says so perfectly, adoption is a "strange thing" and a "strange concept" - I couldn't agree more. Despite adoption being a complex conversation to have, Fekadu offers his personal experience as an Ethiopian adoptee and also reminds other adoptees of important words of encouragement - "be proud of who you are". Thank you so much Fekadu for sharing!