Zoe Hansen DiBello
Co-founder and CEO of Adoptee Identity; founder of Unfolding app for adoptees; TEDx speaker and PhD in Educational Leadership
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Jul 9, 2026
Julie BrumleyHOST
What was the moment that adoption stopped being background noise and became foreground for you?
Zoe Hansen DiBelloGUEST
Where to begin? I feel like you said it best describing the lifelong experience in layers.
Zoe Hansen DiBelloGUEST
So adoption for me has always been part of my story and part of my origin.
Zoe Hansen DiBelloGUEST
So I was, like you mentioned, adopted at 11 days old by a single mom, my mom, Carla.
Zoe Hansen DiBelloGUEST
And so she adopted me as a single mom, met my other mom, Gigi, when I was three and a half.
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