Michael Mullen, 48, president of Also Known As (AKA), a New York City-based transnational adoption group, raises a thoughtful take on his identity as a Korean-American adoptee; that being an ethnic Korean, an American and an adoptee are three separate identifiers that are equally important. Mullen recalls moving to Korea after watching the ’88 Summer Olympics and how that and a second relocation to Korea and the years after helped him realize that just focusing on reclaiming his Korean heritage to compensate for not being raised in a Korean family wasn’t fully who he is. Mullen is also a father of two and discusses about what passing on his adoption experience to his kids looks like.

Music Credits:
Jahzzar “Schmaltz”
Audiobinger “Walking on Clouds”
Audiobinger “Memory Lane”
Audioginger “My Downfall”
Audiobinger “The Wake Up”
Audiobinger “Cooling”
Audiobinger “In the Hearts of Men”
Blue Dot Sessions “Greyleaf Willow”
Blue Dot Sessions “Roundpipe”
Blue Dot Sessions “Tumblehome”

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Rusty Detty