FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 6, 2022 DNAngels Announces 2022 Board of Directors CARBONDALE, Ill. – DNAngels has announced its 2022-2023 Board of Directors: President Scott Horwitz, Secretary Kelly Grace Hickey, Advisor Christopher Smith, and Liaison to Angels and Intake Aimee Rose Haynes are all remaining in their positions. In January, Christine Mancinas filled the vacant Treasurer position, and in July, Dr. Nicole D. Price (author, motivational speaker, and NPE) was added as an …
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No More Secrets
No More Secrets An Interview with Peter J. Boni While the idea of artificial insemination has been around since the 1300s, the first human offspring reported was in England in 1790. But it wasn’t until the 1940s that more than a few hundred women successfully gave birth to what we now refer to as “donor conceived persons” or DCPs. One of the 10,000 born in the 1940s was author Peter J. Boni. Peter is a successful businessman, CEO of his own company, and the …
Donor Conceived – It Does Matter
DONOR CONCEIVED – IT DOES MATTER! An Interview with Cassandra Adams I recently had the pleasure of sitting down and chatting with Cassandra Adams. If you are unfamiliar with her, she is a donor conceived individual, and since her discovery, due to a 23andme DNA test, she has become a major voice in advocating for the rights of Donor Conceived People, or DCPs. She’s also a wife, a mother and has a welcoming smile that immediately makes a person feel like she has created a circle of …
Volunteer of the Month – June 2022
June’s Volunteer of the month is Heidi Billingsley Keuper! Heidi is blessed with the natural curiosity and determination to help others that makes a perfect storm for being a search angel. She and her sister, Cindy Billingsley Arocha, began their careers searching for their biological niece. Heidi’s natural talent led her to volunteer at several Facebook-based groups for those searching for biological families. Her skills and her compassion for clients caught Laura’s attention and … well you …
Volunteer of the Month – May 2022
May’s Volunteer of the Month is Intake Team Member Nickie Pavey! Nickie began as a DNAngels client. She and her twin sister, Tessa, are donor-conceived. When Nickie began her journey, she had no idea what she would identify or how receptive her donor-dad would be to identifing out he had not only twin daughters, but now a total of 9 donor children! Lucky for Nickie, her father - and his lovely wife - have welcomed all of his children - and grandchildren with open arms! Her story is truly an …
Volunteer of the Month – April 2022
This month’s Volunteer of the Month is Intake Specialist Cindy Billingsley Arocha! Cindy hails from the great state of Texas and is one of the TWO family genealogists in the Billingsley clan. She and her sister Heidi teamed up together to identify their niece who was given up for adoption at birth. They both tested at Ancestry and 23 & Me and four months after beginning their search, their niece showed up as a match. Cindy joined the Intake staff in December of 2021 and quickly proved to …