In today’s episode of Fertility in Focus, we are joined by Becky Fawcett. She decided to start having children at the age of 31 and soon found out she was infertile. After a strenuous period of five rounds of IVF and three miscarriages, Becky and her husband entered the world of adoption. Now with two wonderful adopted children, Becky has built a wonderful national, non-religious affiliated, non-discriminatory adoption grant program called helpusadopt.org. Becky chats about her infertility and adoption journey and how it inspired her to help others grow their families through adoption.

Guest Bio:

Becky Fawcett is the founder and president of Helpusadopt.org, an equality based organization that seeks to reduce the financial burden of adoption by awarding large, life-changing, problem-solving grants.

After graduating from Franklin & Marshall College, Becky had a successful career in the magazine industry, first for Baltimore magazine, and then for Philadelphia magazine as the director of marketing. In 1999, she founded The Fawcett Group, a full-service public relations and marketing firm with offices in New York City and Philadelphia.

After adopting their first child in 2005 (and their second in 2009), Becky and Kipp were so grateful to have the financial means to adopt that they decided to make a donation to an organization that would help ease another family’s financial burden. Sadly, they could not find an adoption grant organization that was based on a mission of equality. To address this need and help all types of families, they founded Helpusadopt.org in 2007. Under Becky's leadership, Helpusadopt.org has grown from a kitchen-table organization into a strong, national presence with a full time staff of four, board of twenty two, hundreds of volunteers, and thousands of donors.

Connect with Becky:

www.helpusadopt.org

Becky Fawcett (@becky.fawcett) • Instagram photos and videos

Helpusadopt.org (@helpusadopt) • Instagram photos and videos

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