Mission:
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Girls Adoption Connect is an online community that connects adoptees through the sharing of adoption stories and thoughts about adoption. All content submissions that have adoption as the central theme are welcome. Through this shared media, the goal is to create an environment where adoptees feel heard, understood and validated.
Founding:
Téa Tamburo founded Girls Adoption Connect in 2020 after connecting with the girls she was adopted from Hunan, China with. She mailed letters to the girls in her group, asking to get to know each other after 15 years since their adoption. All having different adoption stories but coming from the same orphanages and city in Hunan, the group exchanged adoption stories and experiences with family. This sharing of stories gave Téa a feeling of belonging and validation, and she wanted to create a space for others to meet adoptees like themselves. With the goal of connecting with the larger adopted community, Téa started Girls Adoption Connect with the support of those from her group as a freshman in high school.
Téa Tamburo
Founder
Téa was adopted from Hunan, China in 2005 and was raised in Chicago, Illinois. Currently, she's studying finance and accounting at Case Western Reserve University and is pursuing a career in buy-side finance. She hopes to increase the representation of adopted women on Wall Street. Téa is passionate about advocating for gender equality and representation and was a leader for Girl Up, United Nations Foundation, where she served as a delegate on the U.S. Youth Consultation for UN Climate Strategy. In her spare time, she enjoys fashion styling and drinking boba and coffee.
