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Within 72 hours, fitness expert and TV star Jillian Michaels became a mom twice over. While her then-partner was delivering their son Phoenix, she received the call that it was finally time to pick up her daughter Lukensia fron an orphanage in Haiti. In this episode, Michaels tells host Zoē Ruderman about her years-long wait to adopt and how the gift of U.S. citizenship factored into her decision to adopt internationally. She also describes the pain of visiting then having to say goodbye to her daughter in Haiti multiple times before getting to taker her home, why her daughter smacked her in the face when she finally came to pick her up, and why she didn’t come out publicly until after her adoption process was complete. Then, we speak to Rhonda Roorda, an expert on transracial adoption and ‘This Is Us’ consultant.

Episode 229: Rhonda Roorda – “Why I Am Still A Christian.”

RECORDED 11/2/15: Heidi Durrow, New York Times Best-selling Author of The Girl Who Fell From the Sky, talks with Rhonda Roorda about her much-needed and excellent book In Their Voices: Black Americans on Transracial Adoption. Roorda who was adopted by a white family talks about the varied stories of her interviewees and shares her own story too! Don’t miss this!

The Mixed Experience with Guest Rhonda Roorda. ❤️

RECORDED 1/6/16: Dawn Davenport, Executive Director of Creating a Family, the national infertility & adoption education and support nonprofit, talks with Rhonda Roorda, author of In Their Voices: Black Americans on Transracial Adoption, and an adult transracial adoptee.

Creating a Family with Guest Rhonda Roorda. ❤️

AIRED 2/6/16: Alex Barnett, Host, Comic and writer of the Alex Barnett Multiracial Family Man Podcast Radio Show talk with Rhonda Roorda about the importance of Godfathers and Geodesic Domes in a transracial adoptive world.

Click on the link below to listen to this fun and fascinating interview!

The Alex Barnett Multiracial Family Man Show Talking With Guest Rhonda Roorda ❤️