Traveling My Roots

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One adoptee's experience at the intersection of travel, family history, place and identity.

About Lisette Austin

Poet, writer, podcaster, traveler. Reclaiming ancestral lineages, unearthing truths, connecting history, place & identity. A Black biracial adoptee, I am currently traveling to the places my biological ancestors were from.

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