Searching for the Steppe: Discovering My Racial Identity
I didn’t know how I could be Russian and Asian. Now through DNA, my birth family, and my own lived experience; I understand who I am.
Anna Thompson
Anna Thompson is an international adoptee from Saratov, Russia. She has been traveling the country as a travel nurse since January 2021, an adventure that has taken her and her husband to Baltimore, Detroit, Palo Alto, and Boston. Her homebase is in Royal Oak, Michigan. In between nursing and traveling, Anna can be found taking Russian language classes and spending time with her cat, Fyodor Dostoyevsky.