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Char Adams is a
journalist & storyteller.

She is a former reporter for NBC News and for People. Her writing on race and identity has appeared in The New York Times, The New Republic, Oprah Daily, Vice, Teen Vogue, Bustle, and elsewhere. She is a proud Philadelphia native and now lives in the Dallas–Fort Worth area.

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When she isn’t writing, Char can be found out in nature — hiking, camping, or simply laying in the grass reading a book.

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