โ€œI didnโ€™t think about my breasts being different from the white majority surrounding me again until that night.โ€

The author proudly sporting her Linfield College nursing school scrubs in 2012. Months after this photo, her roommates will ask to see her breasts.

The author in Nanchang, China, about to be adopted in 1994.

This article originally appeared on HuffPost in April 2026.