About Me

Over the past several years, Vesna has been writing and sharing from her lived experience as a Cambodian American adoptee, exploring identity, faith, trauma, and healing with honesty and depth.

She’s a wife and mom of three, and while motherhood is the heartbeat of her life, it’s also where much of her growth has taken shape—learning to navigate both the beauty and the weight of raising a family in Austin, Texas. Her marriage has been a place of both growth and grounding, walking alongside someone who has supported her through healing, faith, and the everyday moments in between.

Her love for music and worship is woven into her everyday life. Whether she’s serving on her church’s worship team or recording songs at home with her daughter, music has become one of the ways she processes her story, expresses gratitude, and connects with God. What began as a space to share music has grown into something deeper—a place where Vesna writes about adoption, grief, identity, and the complexities of being an adoptee who reclaimed her Cambodian name.

Her words reflect both lived experience and a desire to bring honesty to conversations that are often simplified or misunderstood. She has a way of putting words to things many people feel but don’t always know how to say, creating space for others to feel seen, understood, and less alone. Choosing courage over comfort has become a guiding thread in her life, and through her writing, she hopes to foster deeper understanding, meaningful connection, and a space where others feel safe telling their own stories—because healing doesn’t happen in isolation, and your story matters, too.

A Note About Adoption

One topic I write about is adoption. As a Cambodian adoptee, adoption is deeply personal to me. My writing reflects both gratitude for my family and an honest acknowledgment of the losses, questions, and complexities that many adoptees experience.

I wholeheartedly support ethical, child-centered adoption when it is in the best interest of the child. Through my advocacy work with organizations that support both family reunification and adoption, I’ve had the privilege of walking alongside expectant parents as they explored their options with honesty, compassion, and care. Those experiences reinforced my belief that every child deserves the opportunity to grow up in a safe, loving, and stable family.

I also believe adoptive parents are best equipped to support their children when they understand the lifelong impact of separation, trauma, identity, culture, and grief. My hope is never to discourage adoption, but to encourage informed, compassionate, and trauma-aware parenting that helps adoptees thrive.

Throughout this website, you’ll find reflections on faith, justice, family, adoption, resilience, and the questions that have shaped my own journey. Some of these topics are difficult, but my goal is never to sow discord or create unnecessary division. Rather, I hope these essays encourage thoughtful conversation, empathy, and a deeper understanding of one another, because I believe healing begins when we’re willing to listen to each other’s stories with humility and compassion.

Ultimately, my desire is that every child—whether raised by their first family, reunited with their family, or welcomed through adoption—would know they are deeply loved, supported, and given the opportunity to flourish. At the heart of everything I write is a hope that families are strengthened, children are valued, and people feel seen, heard, and understood.