Brian, American Intended Parent in Brooklyn, New York, USA

Explain your reasons for wanting a surrogate/donor:

We love children.This may sound overly simple, but we do.Any room we walk into where there are children we are both drawn to holding the little ones or playing with the older kids.We would love to have the opportunity to raise a child ourselves.We have been fortunate in many ways and we would like to share the richness and depth of our lives and our relationship with a child.While we are open to adoption, we would love the opportunity to raise a child that may be biologically related to one of us.

How would you best describe yourself(s):

We are a vibrant and loving couple who live and work in New York City.Brian is a music psychotherapist with a PhD in expressive therapies.His work has focused on trauma for the last 15 years since he spent two years in Bosnia and Herzegovina working with children who had trauma from the war.Pato is a successful artist and entrepreneur.His art studio produces large scale installations and paintings.He's also the head curator at his online art gallery.Brian grew up in rural Illinois but lived outside of the country on three separate occasions in France, Iceland and then Bosnia.Pato is originally from Argentina but has been living in the US for 20 years.Both Brian and Pato love to travel, explore new cultures and languages, and share their passions with the people they love.We met in our current neighborhood in Brooklyn in *** and got married in *** been talking about having kids since our first date.

Use this space to communicate a letter to potential Surrogates/Donors:

We recognize that being a surrogate would be a tremendous act of compassion and altruism.We want to thank you for taking the time to consider us as intended parents.Because we know that this journey promises to be emotionally rich for everyone involved we look forward to having a trusting and present relationship with our prospective surrogate.