AMP Volunteers

Adopted from Korea, Beth first started working with transracial adoptees in 2005 as a Holt camp counselor and in 2007 Assistant Director. Inspired by observing and experiencing the transformative impact of the adoptee community, specifically for young people, this sparked a passion and commitment to the community. After earning her Master of Social Work in 2008, Beth worked in public child welfare. Beth is currently a Teaching Associate for the University of Washington School of Social Work’s Child Welfare Training and Advancement Program, a holistic therapist for Infinitely Well Seattle, and volunteers with agencies in WA which advocate for young people experiencing homelessness and/or foster care. She lived in Korea in 2011 for a year and a half, where she reconnected with her birth family and started a volunteer program at Emmanuel Children’s Home. Beth has had the privilege to be volunteering with the Adoptee Mentorship Program since it was founded in 2012. 

Saul took his first steps toward a career as a social worker in 1997 as a JustServe AmeriCorps volunteer. Since then, he has gained professional experience working with children, youth, and families in a variety of settings and received his Master in Social Work in 2007. Currently Saul works as an Assistant Teaching Instructor for the University of Washington School of Social Work Office of Field Education. He has traveled back to his birth country, Vietnam, three times since being adopted in 1975 at 2 years old; his first trip in 2000 was with the Holt Motherland Tour. Saul has been volunteering with the Adoptee Mentorship Program since it was founded in 2012.

Hanna Prange, AMP Co-Chair, Mentor
Hanna has served as a chair and/or mentor since its inaugural program year. She previously attended and volunteered at both Holt Camp International and KIDS camp in Seattle prior to moving to Seattle. Hanna currently works as a lead physical therapist and previously was a volunteer recreational therapy aide at the Holt Ilsan Center for People with Disabilities in Ilsan, South Korea. She has been able to travel back to Korea three times; her first trip was on the 2003 Holt Motherland Tour when she was 16 years old and most recently as an adult with her partner, Oren. Hanna is currently taking Korean language lessons and looks forward to visiting Korea again with her new language skills.

Rose, transracially adopted from India in 2000 by a single mother, is a student in the University of Washington’s Social Welfare program at the Seattle campus. For 8 years, Rose volunteered with the World Association for Children and Parents (WACAP) international adoption agency in Renton, Washington, where she helped fundraise to help alleviate costs associated with international adoption and improve the non-profit’s website. Rose has also volunteered as a tutor at Seattle Central College’s Adult Basic Education program to tutor adults working towards their GEDs, where she ran small in-class workshops regarding English and Math prep for the GED and tutored students one-on-one in person and remotely before and during the pandemic. As a child, Rose had the privilege of meeting other transracial adoptees through WACAP and found the experience of connecting with other adoptees to be reassuring and helpful in her journey as a transracial adoptee herself. Now, Rose is a senior practicum student in the University’s BASW program and is looking forward to giving back to the transracially adopted community by participating as a practicum student at AMP by working with both the AIRE and PAIRE programs.