Elaine Duncan

Elaine Duncan is a writer, consultant, and social impact strategist with more than two decades of experience in nonprofit leadership, corporate social responsibility, and community initiatives focused on children and families. A graduate of the University of Maryland, Baltimore County with a degree in Social Work, she has worked with organizations including America’s Promise Alliance, Susan G. Komen, Booz Allen and The Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company.

Elaine is a contributing writer for WebMD’s ADDitude and Embody, as well as Elephant Journal and Odyssey Magazine. She is currently completing her memoir, *MERCY, *which explores her experience growing up as the only biological child in a large transracial adoptive family. Through her writing, she examines adoption, family systems, trauma, creativity, neurodivergence, resilience, and the lifelong search for belonging.