EM Blake, MN, CPNP is a Pediatric Nurse Practitioner and illustrator. She has worked as a pediatric health writer in public health, in pediatric clinics, and in school clinics. She combines her healthcare background with love of art in storytelling in this graphic memoir. Her new book, Connecting Threads: Five Siblings Lost and Found shows how having minimal health history has an impact on adopted children getting appropriate care. Connecting Threads: Five Siblings Lost and Found is a powerful story of identity, belonging, and the resilience of the human spirit. The sibling characters were separated by foster care and closed adoptions. One sibling’s life and search for first family, belonging and culture, one thread at a time.