Born Blended Built - All Families Matter
We envision world where all people live free from the bullying, shame, and stigma of their life circumstances.
Represented life provides mirrors and validation for those in non-traditional families.
Awareness heals.
Through repeated exposure to diverse images and empowering words perspectives shift and actions change.
Our products celebrate the beauty and strength of family diversity. We produce inclusive and empowering images printed on physical products such clothing, posters, and accessories.
Words matter too.
Through spoken and written word, handouts, video, and social media our goal is to educate and expand the narrative on what family can be.
If your claimed family is of mixed color or ethnicity through adoption or marriage, blended, single parent, three or more parents, same-sex, transgender, or any other alternative family type not mentioned here Represented Life is for you.
Let us not forget our allies either. Thank you for standing and showing up for love… We see you. We hear you. We love you. Keep on fighting the good fight.
About our family.
Our story.
We are a family expanded by one, who connected us to many.
Adoption may have brought us together, but love expanded us.
We grew in each others hearts honoring our shared and separate pasts.
Our connection enables us to create something new.
Love erodes and gives the space for each of us to be who we truly are.
Together our worlds grow exponentially allowing each other to rise and be who we’re meant to be.
Asha is hope, life and wise beyond her age. What Asha wants the most is for the world to know she is loved, and adoption is not something to laugh at.
Asha loves rabbits, mini vans, Teslas, and No Evil sausages. She adores unique sounds and all things musical. She plays drums, hums and sings and is also learning the violin.
Asha is a kid of perpetual movement. A few of her favorite activities besides hugging mom, are handstands, cartwheels, backbends and walkovers. She also loves swimming, swinging, and dancing especially with friends.
Her favorite movie is My Friend Totoro and is an avid reader of graphic novels.
Asha wants to be a mom one day. She’s undecided if she wants to birth a child or adopt. Her mom keeps on telling her she doesn’t have to choose she'll know when the time is right.
Kalyani is a peacemaker and is altruistic. She believes we can make our ideals real but only though conscious action. She strives to walk the talk.
Kalyani feels blessed to mother Asha. The privilege to be in that position and awareness of the challenges to all involves is never is to her.
She loves conversational deep dives on purpose and meaning and prefers the close company of a few rather than a crowd.
Kalyani is curious about the process of change and how we can intentionally change for the better. She is an overflowing idea generator and loves to take concept to action, but realizes she can only focus on a few.
Kalyani loves both seriousness and playfulness equally, hot saunas, making healthy choices and dark chocolate. Kalynai recently took up capoeira with her family and is facing her fear of cartwheels.
Her life choices are based on the value of forge new frontiers while honoring and learning from the past.
This is what you will be getting when you attend the online session.
We don't shy away from big issues or difficult emotions.
Everyone's experience matters. We will look to all sides of a story.
You will understand why representation is important and what you can do.
Exposure to diverse images and empowering words influence how we perceive and respond the world around us.
Together we celebrate the beauty and strength of our diversity while erasing the bullying, shame, and stigma children of alternative families experience.
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Represented Life is a movement. We represent the underrepresented, normalize alternative families and create a truly inclusive world. Together we are changing the narrative of different from shame to celebration.
Representation of diverse families matters.
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