Building families is our privilege. For over 15 years, we have served couples and individuals from our Islands and all over the world. As Hawaii’s only locally-founded, full-service surrogacy agency, we are proud to support you on your journey.
Although it is your choice in how deeply you engage with us, we’ve formed many lifelong bonds with our surrogates and intended parents. We go to baby showers, we’re there for the birth, first birthdays and more. We are passionate about our work and care for you like family.
Founder & Director
Andrea founded Hawaii Surrogacy in 2008 to meet the need for gestational carriers on Oahu and neighboring islands. Many local families were going to the mainland for services, leading to expensive and impersonal surrogacy journeys. Over ten years, Andrea established strong working relationships with every fertility clinic in Hawaii, as well as nationally and internationally renowned legal professionals specializing in Assisted Reproductive Technology (ART).
Most importantly, she feels honored that so many Intended Parents have trusted her agency to help complete their families. You will often find Andrea chatting at all hours with parents from Ewa Beach, Kahului, Seattle or even Sydney, Australia. She loves providing as much information as possible to clients (with a side of humor) so that they can feel confident about their investment in the surrogacy process.
Andrea is a graduate of Punahou School, Questrom School of Business at Boston University, and Maryland School of Public Policy. She is married to an Army veteran and has two children.
Case Management
Rebekah helps Intended Parents and Surrogates through the application process and have a great start to their surrogacy journey. She is a 2x gestational carrier and wonderful addition to our team.
Rebekah spent her whole life in central Arkansas until meeting her husband at 17 and moving to Georgia. She has lived and traveled all over the United States. Over ten years of marriage has brought her family 3 wonderful children and 2 fur babies, a cat and a dog, who literally fight like cats and dogs! Don’t be surprised if you find her sporting a pair of Mickey ears, as all things Disney, Harry Potter and Star Wars are her favorite pastime!
Rebekah’s passion for growing families and love for supporting Intended parents and gestational carriers has brought her to the agency to continue doing what she loves most!
Case Management
Kendra splits her time between in Northern California and the Big Island. She is married with a son and a daughter, and two dogs. She has been a surrogate herself and delivered a healthy set of identical twin boys. Kendra holds a BA in Psychology with an emphasis in Women’s Studies. She has completed her doula training and is trained as a birth doula and as a post partum doula. Kendra loves spending time with her family and their dogs, going to the beach, surfing, camping and cooking! Our surrogates that reside in Oregon, California and Washington are blessed to be supported by Kendra through their entire journey.
Case Management
Kasandra was born and raised in sunny Southern California. She has three beautiful children with her husband of 16 years. As a Marine Corps family, they have lived and traveled all over the country. Their family was stationed in Hawaii from 2016 – 2020 and immediately fell in love with the islands. So much so that they requested to be back on island starting in 2024. Kasandra is a 2x successful surrogate, giving birth in 2019 and 2023. She is passionate about surrogacy and beyond excited to take on a professional role as a case manager. In Kasandra’s free time, she enjoys hiking, running and going to the beach. She loves watching her children play soccer and swim. And like fellow team members, she adores all things Disney and Halloween.
Intended Parent Concierge
Jessie is a former Intended Parent who had both of her daughters through surrogacy. As our waitlist concierge, she supports Intended Parents by reviewing profiles and sharing feedback with IPs, helping them with one of the most important components in the matching process of a surrogacy journey. She also works to ensure that the IPs on the waitlist have access to the services that they need by connecting them to support groups and ensuring they are taking advantage of all the resources the agency has to offer. Jessie truly understands firsthand how long the days feel when you are on the waitlist waiting to be matched with a surrogate and is available for emotional support and advocacy from someone who has been there.
Program Coordination
Lauren heads up our program coordination efforts. You’ll find her tracking all our agency insurance needs, ensuring contract compliance and working closely with our case managers to get policies in place. She also makes sure that Intended Parents and Surrogates take full advantage of all the special supports that we provide from financial counseling to health coaching and therapeutic supports. Along with a professional background in administration and program coordination, Lauren has also been a surrogate with our sister agency, Surrogacy Center of Philadelphia.
Health Coaching
Christy provides health coaching to our gestational carriers throughout their surrogacy journey. From pre-transfer to postpartum recovery, she shares her knowledge of nutrition and mindfulness with our surrogates. Christy is a busy mom, health coach and founder of Dish You Well Health Coaching. Her passion for food started at a young age with cooking, creating recipes and of course eating. Christy never paid attention to, or even really valued the importance of proper nutrition until she was in her mid-20s. It was then that she experienced a weak immune system, anxiety, mood swings, digestive issues and PCOS. Her body was begging her to open her eyes and become aware of the changes that needed to be made. Fast forward 14 years later, zero signs of PCOS in sight, cycle is regular, anxiety still surfaces, but not nearly as much. Hers has been a journey filled with lots of small changes over the years. Eventually, Christy enrolled in the Dr. Sears Wellness Institute Master Health Coach Certification. It is her true passion to help others live a full, healthy, happy life.
Social Media Manager
Prizzilla was born and raised in Southern California with her four siblings until she enlisted in the Army after high school. She left the Army after starting her family and dedicated her life to being a stay at home mom to her two kids. Prizzilla and her husband decided to stop having children of their own, and after seeing Coordinator Nisha share her own surrogacy story, she decided to become a surrogate herself. She enjoys sharing her surrogacy experience through social media channels with those curious about becoming a surrogate or surrogacy in general.
Program Administration
Andie works behind the scenes, managing administrative tasks that help keep our surrogates and intended parents’ information organized. While supporting our team, she is also pursuing her goals of becoming a case manager and a surrogate herself. After spending ten fulfilling years as a stay-at-home mom to three wonderful children, Andie has re-entered the workforce with a blend of empathy and a relaxed demeanor. Detail-oriented and approachable, she thrives on creating a supportive environment. In her free time, you’ll find her enjoying adventures with her kids, getting lost in a good book, or hiking to discover breathtaking views.
As the only full-service agency in Hawaii exclusively dedicated to surrogacy, we have more than a decade of local experience helping Intended Parents fulfill their lifelong desire to create a family.
Do you enjoy being pregnant? Do you want to give the incredible gift of helping someone complete their family? We want you be part of an awesome journey and join us at Hawaii Surrogacy!
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