Cheri Partain

Cheri Partain is an adoption clinician, author, wife, and mother of two adventurous children.

Cheri began her career in social work helping youth in a variety of settings before pursuing a Masters in Social Work degree at Portland State University. After obtaining that degree, she worked with children in the foster care system for a few years before she began working in 2006 for Portland, Oregon-based Boys & Girls Aid, a non-profit child welfare agency. She is passionate about her work because she believes adoption, when it is the right decision for the birthparents, can help all parties involved to heal and live to their full potential. She is also an advocate of open adoption, which gives children the ability to know their whole story. Stories are how everyone makes sense of the world, whether they are oral or written, real or imagined. Cheri is excited to have added storytelling to her own life.

When she is not busy working, writing, or being a mom, Cheri enjoys running, hiking, skiing, reading, and having dance parties with her kids.