I was born in Sofia, Bulgaria and adopted at the age of five by an American family living in Seattle, Washington. I am half Iraqi and half Bulgarian and depending on who you ask that either means I’m White, or that I’m mixed. I identify as an international adoptee and person of mixed or multicultural heritage.
I graduated from the University of Washington with a Master of Social Work in 2013. While there, I studied Community Centered Integrative Practice with a focus on family healing, historical trauma, and intergroup dialogue. Since that time, I spent five years working with children, youth, and families in crisis in both the child welfare and inpatient mental healthcare systems and nearly five additional years treating adults in private practice.
For more information about who I am and how my identity specifically relates to the content and purpose of this blog, please see introductions.
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