![Junior Amelia Geistler poses with her aunt, uncle and cousin. Moving through childhood, Geistler learned that having parents with a different appearance from her meant facing awkward, upsetting situations. “Something I faced [after] being adopted was that I was [treated] better when people discovered I had white parents. A childhood memory [is] when I went over to a friend's house for the first time and her parents seemed to be very passive-aggressive, but when they learned I was adopted by white parents, they gave me equal treatment and ‘love’ as their white daughter,” Geistler said.](https://pwestpathfinder.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Screenshot-2024-04-30-7.54.03-AM.png)
A home across the Pacific
Audrey Ghosh, Opinions Editor
• May 1, 2024

How DNA testing brought two sisters together
Lia Emry, Staff Writer
• October 31, 2022
![Junior Shaleigh Araya (front row, far left) poses with her adoptive family for a picture in 2019. Araya said she owes her success to her family and faith. “God has really helped me in life,” Araya said. “That’s the number one thing I [attribute] to my success. Next comes [the support] of my family and friends.”](https://pwestpathfinder.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/IMG-1923.jpg)
The journey home: junior Shaleigh Araya’s adoption story
Katie Wallace, Staff Writer
• February 15, 2022

Sisters separated: sophomore Lia Emry discovers biological sister
Leah Schroeder, Managing Editor-in-Chief
• September 10, 2021

Riding the adoption rollercoaster
Sarah Lashly, COPY COACH
• November 16, 2018

Senior Annie Doig visits her native country and orphanage
Jenny Chai, Convergent Media Writer
• February 1, 2017

Cheap cat “Purrs-Day” at the Humane Society
Sydney Kinzy, PHOTO EDITOR
• April 15, 2015