This spring, our team partnered with Home for Little Wanderers for the third consecutive year to create the featured gala video for their Voices & Visions Gala. This year, we told the story of Megan Faretta.

A Journey Through Foster Care and Adoption

Megan and her brother were adopted out of foster care when she was 6 years old. The Home for Little Wanderers supported her adoptive parents through the match and Megan through that transition. She credits their social workers with helping her adjust and find her footing in her new family.

Today, she is an artist and photographer who graduated from the Parsons School of Design. Much of her work centers on her adoption story and the life she lived before it. Megan is open and candid with her experience, and that made this project something truly special.

The Dollhouse That Told a Story

Before the shoot for the gala video, Megan mentioned she might bring some childhood photos. However, what she actually showed up with left us in awe.

She arrived with a dollhouse, an heirloom piece her adoptive family gave her that first Christmas, originally her adoptive mother’s childhood toy. Megan had been asking for a dollhouse ever since she lost hers when entering foster care, and receiving it was her first real sense of belonging in her new family.

Megan transformed the dollhouse into an art piece titled Precious. Inside each room, she arranged artifacts from her life: the outfit she wore the first time she met her adoptive parents, cards from classmates as she left school after school, Polaroid photos of her social worker from the Home, and school pictures that quietly document how many times she had to start over. Alongside the dollhouse stood a full-size self-portrait Megan painted at age 6 while working with her social worker at The Home.

“I rise above the painful currents within me and commit to living a life full of love and truth.”
~ Megan, from her written work Crazy Bliss

Bringing Megan’s Story to Life in the Gala Video

The final film weaves together archival photos, home videos, footage of the dollhouse and its contents, and excerpts from Megan’s writing read aloud in her own voice. At the gala, the dollhouse was displayed for guests to experience in person, becoming a centerpiece of the evening. More than a fundraising film, it gave attendees a genuine window into what it feels like to be a foster care adoptee, told through the eyes of someone who lived it.

Why Stories Like Megan’s Matter

I’m incredibly proud of what our team created alongside Megan and the team at Home for Little Wanderers. More importantly, I’m grateful to have helped share a story that inspired support for children and families across Massachusetts.

Please take a few minutes to watch Megan’s story. Every story deserves to be told with care. If your organization is looking for meaningful ways to share its impact, we’d love to connect.

• Client: The Home for Little Wanderers
• Internal Creative Team: Kathleen Parente & Sandy Giardi
• Director & Producer: Paige Burns
• Cinematography: Adrian Atwood
• Editor: Beth Pezzoni