Q&A WITH MEI KELLY, ADOPTEE: ON ADOPTION AND IDENTITY FOR TEENS
Published July 2015 By Samantha Spengler, Intern When adoptive parents think about discussing adoption with their kids, they usually picture talking with young children. But Mei Kelly’s Senior Studies project at Evanston Township High School tells us that adoption is not a one-time discussion—it’s an ongoing conversation. Mei, who was adopted from Guangdong Province in China, […]
ADOPTION AND TEENS: MEI’S THOUGHTS
Mei, an adoptee, The Beat spokesperson, and creator of a mentor program for Chinese adoptees, discusses adoption and what it means to her. Mei, an adopted person, discusses her return to China Mei discusses how she relates to her parents Mei describes how she would react to meeting her birthparents Mei offers advice to other […]
OUR OWN NURSE JENNY
Last September, longtime Nevada resident Jenny Seljan Cordisco paid a visit to Evanston with her youngest son, Eddie, to show him the place where she trained as an infant nurse in the early 1950s and went on to train new classes of Cradle nurses. A photo of Jenny in her crisp white uniform, holding a […]
