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About Hawaii Surrogacy Center

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Building families is our privilege. Every year we serve 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.

Our Team

  • Andrea Hoshmand McAfee

  • Founder & Director
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  • 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.
  • Rebekah Duncan

  • Case Management
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  • 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!
  • Kendra Lovitt

  • Case Management
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  • 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.
  • Kasandra Barrera

  • Case Management
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  • 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.
  • Maile Stant

  • Surrogate Intake
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  • Maile is our intake coordinator, former surrogate, kumu hula (instructor) and single mom to her beautiful daughter, Kelikoa'elakauaikekaiamoananuikalehua. With a deep knowledge of Hawaiian and local Hawai'i culture, she is able to support incoming surrogates and their families in a unique and meaningful way. She splits her time between Pupukea, O'ahu and Los Angeles, California and loves to travel and explore new places and cultures.
  • Casandra Aleman

  • Surrogate Screening
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  • Casandra is our screening coordinator, a former gestational surrogate, and mother of 3 amazing boys. She was born and raised in California, but has been on some pretty amazing adventures while following her husband's Army career. She has lived in Germany, North Carolina, and now beautiful Hawaii. She become a surrogate with Hawaii Surrogacy shortly after moving to Hawaii in 2020 and got to help bring a precious little boy into the world for an amazing local couple. Casandra knew she still wanted to be involved in the wonderful world of surrogacy and babies in general. So she started working towards her certifications as a labor and postpartum doula, along with helping screen prospective gestational carriers for Hawaii Surrogacy.
  • Jessie Jaskulsky

  • Waitlist Concierge
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  • 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.
  • Lauren King

  • Program Coordination
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  • 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.
  • Christy Malloy

  • Health Coaching
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  • 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.
  • Prizzilla Greer

  • Social Media Manager
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  • 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.
  • Chelsea Huntington

  • Community Engagement
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  • Chelsea spearheads our local community engagement efforts. She's lived on the island of Oahu with her husband and two fur babies for 3 years. She has valuable experience within the surrogacy sphere having previously worked for a large, national surrogacy agency. She also held a number of customer service, sales and small business development roles. In her free-time you can find her hiking, surfing, binging the newest true crime podcast, or spending time with loved ones.

Connect with Us!

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1 day ago
We have another Transfer Day to celebrate! 🎉 Surrogate Maitlynn was joined by Team Member Kasandra, who also took her to lunch for some post transfer lucky fries! 🍟
Sending our stickiest wishes her way! ✨🩷

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We have another Transfer Day to celebrate! 🎉 Surrogate Maitlynn was joined by Team Member Kasandra, who also took her to lunch for some post transfer lucky fries! 🍟 Sending our stickiest wishes her way! ✨🩷#TransferDay#EmbryoTransfer#HawaiiSurrogacy#StickBabyStick#StickyThoughts#BuildingOhana
2 days ago
Team Members Chelsea and Kasandra spent some bonding time together at a cultural event over the weekend. 🌴🌺 Always learning, spreading aloha, and building ohana. 🤙

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Team Members Chelsea and Kasandra spent some bonding time together at a cultural event over the weekend. 🌴🌺 Always learning, spreading aloha, and building ohana. 🤙#hawaii#hawaiianculture  #hawaiisurrogacycenter
1 week ago
Happy Transfer Day to you! 🎂✨Surrogate Merry and her Intended Mother were all smiles for their embryo transfer at @pacificinvitro 🩵Let’s help by sending some sticky baby dust their way! 🐣✨✨✨

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Happy Transfer Day to you! 🎂✨Surrogate Merry and her Intended Mother were all smiles for their embryo transfer at @pacificinvitro 🩵Let’s help by sending some sticky baby dust their way! 🐣✨✨✨#embryotransfer #embryotransferday #transferday#gestationalcarrier #gestationalsurrogacy #hawaiisurrogacy
2 weeks ago
Here comes the Son!☀️😍 We are ecstatic for IP Alisha who became a mother to baby Morgan on March 4th, thanks to Washington Surrogate Sammantha. ♥️

Congratulations Alisha, and thank you Surrogate Sammie for your selfless service. 🙏♥️
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Here comes the Son!☀️😍 We are ecstatic for IP Alisha who became a mother to baby Morgan on March 4th, thanks to Washington Surrogate Sammantha. ♥️Congratulations Alisha, and thank you Surrogate Sammie for your selfless service. 🙏♥️

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Absolutely love this. ❤️

Congrats to all!! 🎉 What a journey! A wonderful baby boy that was brought into the world with love, patience, and science!! Incredible! 💕

Congratulations!!💙

Congratulations to Alisha and sweet baby Morgan. Wishing you both a very happy and healthy life. 🥰

Congratulations to both of these amazing women! Morgan is a lucky little man

Jerome Tabuloc

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2 weeks ago
Sending our stickiest wishes to Surrogate Sarah, who had her embryo transfer this morning! 🥳✨ Please send her positive baby vibes and prayers. 🙏🩷

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Sending our stickiest wishes to Surrogate Sarah, who had her embryo transfer this morning! 🥳✨ Please send her positive baby vibes and prayers. 🙏🩷#transferday#embryotransfer #surrogacyjourney #surrogate#gestationalcarrier #hawaiisurrogacycenter #hawaiisurrogacy

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Yay!! Extra sticky vibes! I did mine 1 week ago today! 🥰

Sticky baby dust!

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Tomorrow our video goes live with Director & Founder Andrea McAfee where she answers all your questions about gestational surrogacy. ⁉️
Make sure you’re subscribed to our YouTube channel & look out for our story with the link!

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Tomorrow our video goes live with Director & Founder Andrea McAfee where she answers all your questions about gestational surrogacy. ⁉️Make sure you’re subscribed to our YouTube channel & look out for our story with the link! #surrogacyquestions #ama#askmeanything #gestationalsurrogacy #hawaiisurrogacycenter