When Sarah was four years old, her adoptive parents got in touch with Holt adoption agency in hopes of bringing a little girl home. It was rare that a family wanted to adopt a child that old, so it became a perfect match. Her parents had to sign a contract with Holt, promising she would be raised in a Christian household. Eventually, without meeting her new parents, Sarah flew alone on a plane from Suwon to New York City. She was so underfed that her orphanage had to attach a note with directions to not feed her too much at first, or she would fall sick. Nevertheless, she ate a bag of Fritos on the airplane and promptly threw up from eating processed food for the first time. Once she arrived in New York City, Sarah remembers, “I got off the plane having no idea where I was, terrified, and not understanding the new language.” After meeting her parents, they got in a car and drove to Boston, where Sarah met her siblings and her forever home.