309. Mar Osma de Forest: "Insights to Help Understand Complex Thoughts and Feelings"

Mar Osma de Forest(they/them/elle) is a transracially adopted person from Colombia currently in reunion with their mother and brothers in Bogota, and one brother living in Pennsylvania. They are the project manager and researcher at Adoption Mosaic. Before working for the organization they were a professional actor and then went to work in public libraries for 15 years doing interlibrary loans, programming, book groups, reference services and cataloging. They also volunteered in various capacities for the original Adoption Mosaic nonprofit; serving on the Board, the Adoption Constellation magazine team, and co-facilitating Youth Activity Groups. Recently they have been on Adoption Mosaic's We the Experts: Adoptee Speaker Series as a panelist. Their work emphasizes centering marginalized communities, solidarity with children, and equitable access to information and resources for all.

Music by Corey Quinn