activist

Adopted from China during the One Child Policy, Kira is an adoptee activist, fighting for adoptee rights and to increase adoption education. She is on Chinese Adoptee Alliance’s Communications Committee and has spoken in collaborations with Hate is a Virus and Adoptees for Justice.

She’s written essays and articles on adoption, as well as a testimony for Voices Against Illegal Adoption’s joint statement that was presented at the UN. She co-created Very Asian Foundation’s guide on Adoptee-Centered Language in Journalism & Child Welfare.

Kira also advocates for the inclusion of the adoptee community in the entertainment industry and is part of the initiative to connect industry adoptees through the Adoptees in Entertainment Database.