Amanda Assalone was born in Seoul, South Korea, and adopted into a white family in Tulsa, OK. She always believed she was given up for adoption because her birth mother was young and could not financially raise a child. Amanda never intended to search for her family and always wished them well. So when she received an email saying they'd been found, she quickly learned the truth. Her story had been fabricated and she was given up for adoption because she was not a boy.

Amanda currently resides in Atlanta, GA and looks back at each moment in her life happening for a reason. She is not filled with any regrets and is thankful to be surrounded by the Korean American and Korean American adoptee community in Atlanta. As she continues to learn to live life for herself and not others, she hopes to embrace her identity more and more.

Thank you to Rayanne Williams of Atlanta, GA for coordinating this Legacy Project recording!

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CREDITS
Interviewer: Rayanne Williams
Videographer: Janice Chung https://www.janicechung.com/
Editor: John Zhao https://veladacinema.com/
Production Coordinator: Young Sun https://www.kimberlyyoungsun.com/
Production Assistant: Deborah Baik
Music Composer: Jang Hyeong Yoon
Executive Producer: HJ Lee


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