About me
Svetlana Sandoval is an International Adoptee from Russia. She was adopted to the U.S. during the peak wave of international adoptions in the late 90s. Svetlana is in reunion with her birthmother and family in Russia, and has been navigating reunion across language, cultural and legal barriers shared by many international adoptees. Svetlana has spent the last two years reclaiming her immigrant and adoptee identities and exploring her heritage with the support of adoptee community. Svetlana is currently pursuing a bachelor of social work and hopes to pursue a future supporting adoptees and centering their lived experiences in research.