About me
Ava is a 29 year old, Chinese adoptee with cerebral palsy living independently working full time. She is an ambulatory wheelchair user and service dog handler. Ava grew up in NYC surrounded by other Chinese adoptees, exploring her birth culture through language and culture classes, and adoptee events from a young age. Her parents took her on her first trip back to China in the summer when she was 11; since then she has returned 4 more times including spending her junior year of high school studying in Beijing.