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Wandering Tree ®, LLC PodcastS4:E4 Bridging Two Worlds An Actress's Tale of Adoption and Self-DiscoveryWhen Kira Omans opens up about her life as a transracial adoptee, you can't help but be drawn into her world. Her narrative is not just a story of adoption but a profound testament to the search for identity and belonging. In today's conversation, we navigate Kira's childhood and growth into a confident Chinese American, actress, and advocate for the adoptee community. Her candid reflections on the complexities of fitting in and the evolving nature of her relationship with her own adoption narrative give voice to the struggles and victories that color the experiences of countless others like her.2024-03-1542 min
Voice of AdopteesAdvancing Adoption and Adoptee AdvocacyIn this episode, we meet Kira, a Chinese Adoptee. Kira reflects upon her personal understanding of her adoption as she grew up through high school and college. She touches on her acting career and how she launched into the adoption advocacy space. She discusses the advocacy work she does now with the project Adoptees for Justice.
Adoptees for Justice Website
Here is where you can find Kira:
www.kiraomans.com
Facebook: KIra Omans
Instagram: @kiraomans
TikTok: @kiraomans2024-01-0345 min
Unraveling AdoptionTroubling Tropes in Media's Adoption Stories with Kira Omans - Ep 112Troubling Tropes in Media's Adoption Stories with Kira Omans "Adoptees are so infantilized in media and just seen as subjects in need of rescue and that they were given an opportunity at a better life." - Kira Omans In a world where narratives shape our perceptions, Kira Omans defies expectations. As a transracial adoptee from China, she carries a tale waiting to unfold. But when she stepped into the glimmering lights of Los Angeles that she became more aware of the cruel twist that media had woven for adoptees. With a fire in her heart and a...2023-09-2534 min
Community Conversations with Alex and Dydine#12 - Adoption Community Awareness with Kira OmansCommunity Conversationswith Alex & DydineEpisode 12Having been adopted at an only a few months old and not remembering your life in China, was embracing your identity a challenge growing up?Special guest Kira Omans: Adoption Community Awareness2023-09-1044 min
Conversation Piece PodcastSeptember Solo! AKA: What's missing from my conversation?On this week’s episode of Conversation Piece, Patrick kicks off September with a solo episode! We're doing a few things: recapping our incredible month of August, setting up our even more incredible September (THESE ANNOUNCEMENTS THO!), and going deep on the missing piece of the conversation in his own life: truly giving empathy + grace to young P (or not giving it to him). You don't want to miss this.Also, this is definitely the most fun and involved solo episode yet from both an audio and video standpoint. Make sure you check out both versions, FOR RE...2023-09-0434 min
Conversation Piece PodcastThe responsibility of representation with Kira OmansOn this week’s episode of Conversation Piece, actor and advocate Kira Omans joins Patrick to talk about the responsibility creators have when it comes to representation. Kira shares her journey from acting to advocacy, identifying and dismantling the 'orphan' trope in media, and how the film, television, and creative industries can step up for underrepresented communities. They also discuss Joy Ride and navigating the discourse around the film as both Asian Americans and Adoptees.Learn more about Kira: https://www.kiraomans.comConnect with Kira:Instagram: http://instagram.com/kiraomans2023-08-0737 min
Adoptees OnKira Omans256 Kira Omans We are so thrilled to talk with actor, audiobook narrator, and adoptee advocate, Kira Omans today. Kira shares how looking deeply at adoption over the past decade has changed her perspective. We talk about what it’s like to audition as an adoptee and to embody a new character and identity during a performance. Of course, we get to chat about adoptee representation in Hollywood and the media, including how watching just one documentary upended what Kira thought was her origin story. Full Show Notes Here This podc...2023-06-0959 min
The Shape of a Star PodcastEpisode 31: Kira OmansSeason 2 kicks off with celebrity actress Kira Omans! Kira is another George Mason alumni with a career in Hollywood and audionovels. She comes on and shares her story about adoption, pagentry, and activism while exploring her passions in an ever inclusive trying world.
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kiraomans/
Check out our website: https://www.theshapeofastarpodcast.com/.Follow us at @theshapeofastarpodcast on instagram and Facebook, @theshapeofastar on twitter, or email us at theshapeofastarpodcast@gmail.com.2022-07-191h 59
ABC Adoptees Born in ChinaWe had so many people say we are going to have our worst fight on the trip with KiraThis episode we talk about Kira’s experience as an actor, dancer, partner, and how her identity has shifted throughout. Follow and learn more about Kira’s work on @kiraomans, Instagram and Kira Emily Omans on Facebook. Her episode of Powers Rangers: Rise of Ninja can be viewed on Nerdbot studios and she will have an appearance on an upcoming episode of CSI Vegas.2021-09-2748 min
The Infamous Chronicles162: Kira Omans 🇨🇳Actress/Activist Kira Omans joins us this week to discuss her work in exposing the over-sexualization of Asian women in pop culture and online. Alex Steric, LCSW from Preparing 4 Baby returns to help us host this incredible guest.2021-07-301h 05
The Eddie Conversation Podcast#036 - Kira Omans | Actor / ActivistKira Omans is an actor, model, and adoptee advocate. She talks about changing our mindset when thinking about adoptees and the adoption process as well as her opinions on how it's portrayed in movies and TV. She also talks about what it's like having a 3rd degree blackbelt, being a Power Ranger and what's she's learned through her voicing of over 130 audiobooks. And more!!
Kira's website: https://www.kiraomans.com/
Watch the podcast on YouTube: https://youtu.be/WrR2YRG4bzU
2021-07-212h 05
Start This Game-Changing Full Audiobook And Feel The Difference.Operation Babylift: Mission Accomplished by Regina Aune, Aryn LockhartPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/2/audible/4095to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Operation Babylift: Mission Accomplished
Author: Regina Aune, Aryn Lockhart
Narrator: Kira Omans
Format: mp3
Length: 5 hrs and 6 mins
Release date: 05-05-21
Ratings: 5 out of 5 stars, 3 ratings
Genres: Historical
Publisher's Summary:
Operation Babylift: Mission Accomplished tells the inspiring story of two survivors and the relationship they forged from the tragic events of April 4, 1975. During the final days before the fall of Saigon, Gerald Ford initiated Operation Babylift. This humanitarian mission was a mass evacuation of orphans from South Vietnam. Approximately 3,000 children were evacuated during this mission. In a horrible...2021-05-055h 06Begin A Ground-Breaking Full Audiobook On Your Commute.Operation Babylift: Mission Accomplished by Regina Aune, Aryn LockhartPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/2/audible/4095to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Operation Babylift: Mission Accomplished
Author: Regina Aune, Aryn Lockhart
Narrator: Kira Omans
Format: mp3
Length: 5 hrs and 6 mins
Release date: 05-05-21
Ratings: 5 out of 5 stars, 3 ratings
Genres: Historical
Publisher's Summary:
Operation Babylift: Mission Accomplished tells the inspiring story of two survivors and the relationship they forged from the tragic events of April 4, 1975. During the final days before the fall of Saigon, Gerald Ford initiated Operation Babylift. This humanitarian mission was a mass evacuation of orphans from South Vietnam. Approximately 3,000 children were evacuated during this mission. In a horrible...2021-05-055h 06
Full Audiobook That Come to Life, AnywhereRed Roses Audiobook by Cyrus EmersonListen to this audiobook in full for free onhttps://hotaudiobook.com/freeID: 342763
Title: Red Roses
Author: Cyrus Emerson
Narrator: Kira Omans
Format: Unabridged
Length: 01:04:35
Language: English
Release date: 07-14-18
Publisher: Authors Republic
Genres: Fiction & Literature, Historical Fiction
Summary:
Nominated for the Grammys 2019
Nominated for the Voice Arts Awards 2019
Kira Omans narrated Red Roses, shes got a 3rd degree black belt in Tae Kwon Do, and she really hit Richard IIIs speeches. Yet what surprised me most when listening to the recording, her reading of the Lady of Berwickshire. The Author
The collectors edition Hemp paperback of Red Roses found...2018-07-141h 04
Let Your Imagination Run Wild With Our Captivating Free AudiobookImmundus Audiobook by Christina EnquistListen to this audiobook in full for free onhttps://hotaudiobook.com/freeID: 531766
Title: Immundus
Author: Christina Enquist
Narrator: Kira Omans
Format: Unabridged
Length: 6:17:20
Language: English
Release date: 02-19-18
Publisher: Findaway Voices
Genres: Kids, Fairy Tales & Folklore
Summary:
BEWARE THE CURE. BETRAY THE CAUSE.
Would you sacrifice your humanity to save mankind?
ITS THE YEAR 2828, and Domus is the last remaining country. Divided into twelve walled cities known as genuses, Domus spans whats known as the purist landslands unaffected by the genetic modifications that killed all other species of mammals. But outside the walls of each genus the Immundus threaten...2018-02-196h 17
Get Full Audiobook in Sci-Fi & FantasyThe Whole World for Each by Kate MacLeod | Free AudiobookListen to full audiobooks for free on :https://hotaudiobook.com/freeTitle: The Whole World for Each
Author: Kate MacLeod
Narrator: Kira Omans
Format: Unabridged
Length: 12 hrs and 53 mins
Language: English
Release date: 01-12-18
Publisher: Kate MacLeod
Genres: Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Space Opera
Summary:
After humankind fled Earth for space, they discovered one inescapable truth. People die in space. And lots of dead people means lots of ghosts. April Nguyen earns a nice living getting rid of those ghosts. People all over the Solar System clamor for her aid.
April's only problem? Never actually seeing a ghost. She pretends, she feigns...2018-01-1212h 53
Full Audiobook in Romance, SuspenseBeauty and the Mountain Man by Frankie Love | Free AudiobookListen to full audiobooks for free on :https://hotaudiobook.com/freeTitle: Beauty and the Mountain Man
Author: Frankie Love
Narrator: Kira Omans
Format: Unabridged
Length: 1 hr and 46 mins
Language: English
Release date: 12-15-17
Publisher: Frankie Love
Genres: Romance, Suspense
Summary:
The moment I saw her, she woke something buried deep inside of me. A wild need. A desperate desire.
Shes stranded and alone, needing shelter from the storm. And I'll do more than keep her warm. Ill make her mine.
Some say there's no such thing as happily ever after. But that changes tonight. I will show her I'm...2017-12-151h 46
Turn Every Moment Into a Story With Full AudiobookWhole World for Each Audiobook by Kate MacLeodListen to this audiobook in full for free onhttps://hotaudiobook.com/freeID: 395469
Title: Whole World for Each
Author: Kate MacLeod
Narrator: Kira Omans
Format: Unabridged
Length: 12:54:52
Language: English
Release date: 11-25-17
Publisher: Findaway Voices
Genres: Kids, Fairy Tales & Folklore
Summary:
After humankind fled Earth for space they discovered one inescapable truth. People die in space. And lots of dead people means lots of ghosts. April Nguyen earns a nice living getting rid of those ghosts. People all over the Solar System clamor for her aid.
April's only problem? Never actually seeing a ghost. She pretends, she feigns, she completely...2017-11-2512h 54
One in a BillionSeason 2 - Episode 5: She Has Overcome: Re-imagining an Unforgettable PastKira Omans was just four months when she was abandoned in a public walkway near a bridge in Zhongshan, China. Not only was she discovered and adopted to begin a new life in America, she would go on to become Miss Pacific Asian American (2015), a model, dancer, and an actress with her first lead in a new feature film “Shoes.” How did she get back up when kids kick her down? Who discovered her talent as a actor and a dancer? Why did she enter a beauty pageant she once thought was filled with “airheads?” List...2017-10-1718 min
How to Discover Audiobook in Self Development, MeditationMindfulness by Frank Lin | Free AudiobookListen to full audiobooks for free on :https://hotaudiobook.com/freeTitle: Mindfulness
Author: Frank Lin
Narrator: Kira Omans
Format: Unabridged
Length: 3 hrs and 37 mins
Language: English
Release date: 07-15-17
Publisher: Frank Lin
Genres: Self Development, Meditation
Summary:
"Your life is like a fish in a drying well, what's to rejoice?" (Frank Lin)
This book is based on the Buddhist teachings around mindfulness and all practices of the mind. Within the text, you will learn valuable information about how Buddhist teachings relate to mindfulness and how you can use them to leverage your inner purification, peace, and happiness. Understand that...2017-07-153h 37
How to Get Audiobook in Self Development, Motivation & InspirationMindfulness: 7-Week Guide to Happiness by Frank Lin | Free AudiobookListen to full audiobooks for free on :https://hotaudiobook.com/freeTitle: Mindfulness: 7-Week Guide to Happiness
Author: Frank Lin
Narrator: Kira Omans
Format: Unabridged
Length: 3 hrs
Language: English
Release date: 06-29-17
Publisher: Frank Lin
Genres: Self Development, Motivation & Inspiration
Summary:
Not all who wander are lost, but those who fail to practice mindfulness might be. Mindfulness is a state of consciousness achieved by focusing your awareness on the present moment with the intention to gain all that you can out of the moment. While it is not necessarily focused primarily on being happy, it is a powerful tool that...2017-06-2903 min
The RamblerEpisode 30: Kira Omans
Kira Omans is an actress, model, and non-profit spokesperson from Washington D.C. At twenty years old, she is also the youngest and the first adoptee to be crowned 2015 Pacific Miss Asian American. You can like her Facebook page at Facebook.com/KiraEmilyOmans.
Songs from A Collective Effort are available at SoundCloud (Http://soundcloud.com/acollectiveeffortmusic/sets/a-collective-effort-mix-bag) and other music of the podcast comes courtesy of Needle Drop Records by The Bell, John Williams, and Muse at Warner Music UK.
Follow me on Twitter @TheRamblerADHD, email me at Th...2016-08-071h 07