What do you learn raising 10 kids and running an agency conducting over 1000 adoptions? Michele shares her story and highlights of her insights. She talks about raising black children as white parents, being scared, getting along with extended family members and more in this thought-provoking episode.
Michele Fried is the founder of Adoption STAR. Though the “title” most special to her is “mom” ~ it was a long time ago, but the experiences of becoming an adoptive mother led Michele to enter the adoption field. Michele’s background as an educator complimented this path. Michele served as the agency’s chief executive officer for over 20 years and grew the staff from a tiny office with one person (just her!) to three states, more than 50 professionals including full time, part time and per diem assessors and conducted over 1,000 adoptions. Today, Michele holds an advisory role with the organization and continues to be a passionate advocate for children in need of permanency planning
Connect with Michele at https://www.linkedin.com/in/adoptionstar/
Listen to the interview with MIchele's son here https://thriving-adoptees.simplecast.com/episodes/with-zack-fried-adoptee-associate-director
Adoption STAR is a non-profit New York State Authorized, Florida and Ohio Licensed Adoption Agency, and is a compassionate and unique organization. From the onset, Adoption STAR wished to utilize the words within their name: Support, Training, Advocacy and Resources (STAR) to provide wide-ranging services to all members of the adoption community. This commitment grew into developing several programs and services.
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