On a rainy day in 1997 when we met our little daughter, Maya, in Guangzhou, I began to learn what it means to a child to live a life without love. Just a year later, I looked out my window and saw...
China first grabbed my attention when, as a 6 year old, I saw the film Inn of the Sixth Happiness. Like the film's heroine, Gladys Aylward, I felt from that day on that China was the place where I...
Although I have lived in Canada for 10 years, I have remained connected to China in many ways. As the mother of a beloved daughter, I feel for the orphans in China who have lost so much....
I first learned of Half the Sky when an email appeared in my box shortly after my husband and I adopted our daughter in 1998. My interest was sparked. With a background in child...
When my husband Harold and I adopted our daughter Anna in 1995, we knew, like all new parents, that our lives would never be the same. What we didn’t know during our first-ever trip to…
In 2005, I was fortunate enough to join Half the Sky as a volunteer in one of the most fulfilling and eye-opening experiences of my life. I saw how Half the Sky (and my clumsy attempts at...
I began working at Half the Sky as a part-time donations coordinator in 2003 while earning my MBA with a focus on accounting at California State University, Hayward. I was deeply moved...
After 17 years in the corporate world, the opportunity to join Half the Sky presented itself and the work has been a life-changing experience for me. I am the mother of two beautiful…
Half the Sky is as much a red thread connection to me as my children are—it's family. After adopting my two daughters from China in the late 1990's, I began looking for an organization…
