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Patricia Bauer Collins, RN

Patricia Bauer Collins was born and raised in Southern California, and growing up as an adopted child, she often wondered about her birth mother. She began searching in 1992, and today she shares the challenging story about what she found. After discovering her biological history, Patricia realizes the importance and value of sharing her truth with mothers, adopted families, but especially adult adoptees who haven’t realized the value of finding their own biological history.

Patricia Collins’ daughter, Michelle Mathews will be point of contact for this site and book as Patricia has since passed away before her memoir was in print.

Out of the Box: A Memoir of an Adoptee

This honest memoir shares the story of a woman’s search for her biological parents, revealing to her the value and importance of her biological history and the power of connection.