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[Adoption Statement of Ivy Maldonado, Carmelle Maldonado, and Carlos Maldonado] (open access)

[Adoption Statement of Ivy Maldonado, Carmelle Maldonado, and Carlos Maldonado]

Personal statements of Ivy Zhuhau Ni, Carmelle, and Carlos Maldonado regarding her adoption from Yiwu, China. Ivy describes the importance of unconditional love and how present it is in adoption. Carlos and Camille share their motivations to adopt and the challenges of parenting a child with a disability.
Date: unknown
Creator: Maldonado, Ivy Zhuhua Ni; Maldonado, Camille & Maldonado, Carlos
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Oral History with Helena Hong and Elena Triginer] transcript

[Oral History with Helena Hong and Elena Triginer]

Oral History with Helena Hong and Elena Triginer regarding the adoption of Helena Hong from Heilongjiang Province, Hegang to Barcelona Spain. Helena speaks about her childhood in China and how she came to live in the orphanage and Elena describes her decision to adopt and particularly to adopt an older child. Helena also shares how she established contact with the family she lived with in China through social media and her decision to not maintain contact at the time of the interview. They both speak about the transition to living in Spain. The interview is conducted in English, Catalan, and Mandarin with Shanshan Zhang acting as Mandarin interpreter.
Date: 2015~
Creator: Hong, Helena & Triginer, Elena
Object Type: Sound
System: The Portal to Texas History