Author: Tina Kim Philabotte

A Korean adoptee returns to Manchester to heal, reflect, and advocate for equity in the city that shaped—and challenged—her identity.

I grew up circa 1980s-90s on Manchester’s West side, where I always lived close enough to walk to school. My French-Canadian parents adopted me from Korea, and I arrived on American soil sometime in 1977. Though my own mother never went to college, she dreamed of her children getting the chance she never did.