Liana Sandell

Program Coordinator (Adoptee Chats) | Board Member

Hello, my name is Liana Sandell (she/her). I was adopted from Sanshui in Guangdong Province. I was 8 months old when I came to the United States. I am now living in the Greater Boston Area.

My adoption story is one that has been principal in shaping how I see the world around me and the ways in which I believed I fit and did not fit into it. Because of the profundity of my own adoptee experience, I developed a keen interest in the witnessing, empowering, and supporting of other adoptees on their unique journeys. One of the ways that this is apparent is in my work as a psychotherapist.

I’m overjoyed to join the CCI community this year and support in the process of meaning making, searching for authenticity, community building, and collective healing. I truly believe in the power of relationship and especially the sacredness of adoptee affinity spaces.