Bring Marcy Bursac to your audience

Marcy Bursac equips audiences with practical tools, research, and stories that help more children find forever families through foster care adoption and make adoption okay to talk about. As the award-winning author, speaker, researcher, and founder of The Forgotten Adoption Option, she tailors every presentation to each audience and leaves participants with practical resources they can use immediately.

Invite Marcy to Speak

Available for keynotes • workshops • author visits • conferences • podcasts

recent speaking engagements

adoptuskids

National Council For Adoption

KPMG

keystone family alliance

western governors university

lebanon high school

one heart family ministries

conway elementary

Midwest Region of Epsilon Sigma Alpha International

mississippi child
welfare institute

beanbag books

first capitol lions club

Ways Marcy Can Serve Your Audience

From keynote presentations to interactive author visits and workplace workshops, every session combines research, real-world experience, and practical resources that audiences can put into action right away.

Books That Build Belonging

Interactive author visits featuring Are You a Forever Family? for elementary students and Ready or Not? for middle and high school audiences, helping students explore foster care, adoption, identity, and belonging through meaningful discussion.

Storytelling for Advocacy

Empowering advocates to share their stories with purpose by equipping them with practical tools to reach more people through books, podcasts, media, and public speaking.

understanding invisible suitcases

Helping caregivers understand trauma, identity, and belonging through memorable stories and visual illustrations.

Creating Adoption-Friendly Workplaces

Practical strategies for helping employers support adoptive families through inclusive policies, adoption benefits, and workplace cultures where every family can thrive.

  • This session was fantastic! Great interpersonal skills to keep everyone's attention and engagement!

    — Child welfare professional

  • Marcy was very energetic and clearly has a passion. She provided excellent tools and resources.

    — Event attendee

  • The board and I were thrilled with your leadership as emcee that night.

    — Nonprofit Executive Director

  • I would like to have Ms. Marcy Bursac's contact information to have her conduct a training at our agency.

    — Child welfare professional

Invite Marcy to Speak

Thank you for your interest in bringing Marcy to your event.

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