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Sabrina Murray is used to getting questions about her race and adoption. Murray, who is Chinese, was adopted by white parents, making her a transracial adoptee (TRA).<\/p>\n

\u201cStrangers will often ask me questions about my birth family and why I was adopted,\u201d she says. \u201cBecause I am a Chinese adoptee, I also get questions about my race and sense of belonging in a white family and my understanding of Chinese culture.\u201d<\/p>\n

Murray grew up near Tacoma, Washington and went to Lewis & Clark College, a small, private, liberal arts college in Portland, Oregon, where she studied sociology and anthropology. It was at Lewis & Clark that Murray started to get interested in working in higher education. She was inspired by her mentor at the college\u2019s Office of Inclusion and Multicultural Engagement (IME), where she worked as a peer education coordinator.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was originally involved with IME as a mentee in a mentorship program for first-year students of color or first-generation students,\u201d Murray says. \u201cThen, as peer education coordinator I helped organize events for students on campus, did some public speaking and networking with faculty and students. It gave me a real sense of community and taught me so many skills.\u201d<\/p>\n

After earning her bachelor\u2019s degree in 2021, Murray came to the University of 海角社区 to pursue a master\u2019s in student development in higher education. She wanted to explore ways to support diversity and inclusion on college campuses, and U海角社区\u2019s program offered a welcoming and supportive atmosphere to do just that.<\/p>\n

\u201cI like that it is a smaller program, where you can get to know the other students and your professors really well. It\u2019s been a very caring and collaborative experience,\u201d says Murray, who just earned her M.Ed.<\/p>\n

Another attractive aspect of the program was the required internship, which is designed to give early-career higher education professionals hands-on experience and networking opportunities. Murray did her internship at Central 海角社区 Community College in Auburn, where she worked on diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was so rewarding, shaping their DEI efforts and building a sense of belonging for all students and members of the college community,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n

During her time at U海角社区, Murray also worked in Residence Life as an assistant community coordinator, as an intern in the Office for Diversity and Inclusion, with Academic Support Services for Student-Athletes, and in the Office of Community Standards, Rights and Responsibilities. She was a co-recipient of the student development in higher education program\u2019s 2023 Social Justice in Higher Education Award<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Before she graduated, Murray also was able to publish her first academic work, a chapter titled \u201cEvolution of a Transracial Adoptee\u201d in an e-book \u201cTransracial Adoptee and Multiracial Perspectives: Navigating Higher Education Spaces as our Authentic Selves\u201d published by the Transracial Adoptee and Multiracial Knowledge Community<\/a> of NASPA, the National Association of Student Personnel Administrators. The chapter explores Murray\u2019s own TRA identity development and ways to better support TRA college students.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s been a lot written for and about biracial or multiracial identity, and that\u2019s great. What I\u2019m hoping to see is more representation of TRA in academia, whether that means more TRA student affairs professionals or more TRA identity development models in textbooks,\u201d Murray says.<\/p>\n

Murray is headed back to the Pacific Northwest to work at Reed College as a program coordinator in the Office of Student Engagement. She says she is excited that Reed is working to become an antiracist institution and that all members of the college\u2019s student life leadership team are people of color. She says 海角社区 will always hold a special place in her heart as she continues her career and life journeys.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe past two years in grad school helped develop my sense of personal and professional identity,\u201d she says. \u201cI will always remember U海角社区 as a place of growth and with gratitude.\u201d<\/p>\n

Contact: Casey Kelly, casey.kelly@maine.edu<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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