Rhonda M.
Roorda
What happens when we listen to the voices that have been missing from the conversation?
I am a Black transracial adoptee, author, speaker, executive coach, and consultant. For more than two decades, my work has explored the emotional, cultural, and generational complexities of identity, family, race, adoption, leadership, and belonging.
Torn from the Root
A Memoir of a Black Transracial Adoptee
— Publishers Weekly
My memoir brings readers inside a life shaped by adoption, race, family, faith, loss, resilience, and the lifelong search for belonging.
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Continue the conversation.
Throughout 2026, I am bringing Torn from the Root into bookstores, universities, communities, and conversations across the country.
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From keynote stages to executive coaching rooms, I help people move from uncertainty toward understanding, stronger leadership, and meaningful connection.
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Story-driven keynotes and conversations on adoption, identity, race, family, leadership, and belonging.
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Strategic insight for organizations and leaders navigating complex human and organizational conversations.
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Thoughtful, personalized coaching for leaders seeking clarity, confidence, resilience, and meaningful growth.
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26+ years of
listening, learning & leading.
Before Torn from the Root, there were decades of listening to adoptees, birth families, adoptive families, educators, professionals, and communities.
My books have helped bring voices often left at the margins into the center of conversations about adoption and identity.
Explore the BooksIn Their Own Voices
In Their Parents' Voices
In Their Siblings' Voices
In Their Voices
A voice in the national conversation.
“A brave and necessary book.”
Roorda has transformed her difficult journey into a teachable one.
Publishers WeeklyA searing meditation on family and belonging, boldly probing the complexities of transracial adoption and identity.
Julia ScheeresA brave and necessary book about loss, resilience, and identity—and the enduring question of what it costs to belong.
Dr. Joyce Maguire Pavao
Your story matters.
Your voice matters.
Whether you are looking for a speaker, consultant, executive coach, author, or simply a deeper conversation, I invite you to connect.