About Us
Our History
A Woman’s Gift was founded and incorporated in New Jersey in November of 2000 by Frances A. Fox, R.N., with years of clinical care experience at one of the region’s largest fertility clinics. Today, A Woman’s Gift works very hard to facilitate matching with Intended Parents in a caring and thoughtful manner. With A Woman’s Gift our primary focus is providing potential donor and gestational carrier candidates to those wishing to begin or build their family. We attempt recruitment of candidates, with screening criteria based on the latest guidelines of the American Society of Reproductive Medicine.
Our Vision
We stand ready to help make your dream a reality. We believe our candidates embody the best of the caring nature and generosity of spirit that makes third-party reproduction possible. We realize the significance of choosing a donor or carrier and understand that this can be a powerfully emotional decision. We provide the best and most extensive information possible about our candidates to make your selection process more enlightened and therefore less complicated and intimidating. Please explore our site for additional information on our services, fees, and other information pertinent to your decision to become a parent. We remain dedicated to helping you achieve the priceless gift of parenting — the gift that A Woman’s Gift could not provide without the contributions of our donors and gestational carriers. Together we hope to serve you well!
Our Team
Founder And Clinical Director
Frances A. Fox, R.N
Egg Donor Coordinator
Kelly DiMatteo
Lauren Fox
Lauren Fox started with A Woman’s Gift in 2010. Lauren’s main position in our office is Financial Coordinator. However, she has experience coordinating egg donor and gestational carrier cycles as well. She is very knowledgeable on information regarding egg donation, surrogacy, or the process of becoming a recipient or intended parent.Lauren attended Rutgers University, majoring in Psychology with a minor in Biology. She studied abroad for a semester in Florence, Italy in 2009.This semester sparked her interest for globe-trotting and she was able to travel to Italy, France, Ireland, England, Spain, and The Netherlands while she was living in Europe. She has also traveled to the Caribbean, Turkey, Greece, Canada and many places in the U.S. Lauren also loves anything Disney including movies, music and Disney World and has traveled there countless times. Lauren is also an avid reader and moviegoer.
Emmy Szadyr
Emmy Szadyr began working at A Woman’s Gift in 2017. Emmy previously delivered twins as a gestational carrier in July of 2017. She brings a tremendous amount of knowledge and reality to her position as a gestational carrier coordinator. Emmy coordinates with outside providers in reviewing applications prior to our director, acquiring their previous pregnancy records and helping Gestational Carriers feel comfortable in the early phases of their journey. Emmy lives in Southern New Jersey with her two young daughters. She likes to read, travel, and spending time with her daughters as well as friends.
Heather Gilstrap
Heather Gilstrap is our newest employee and joined A Woman’s Gift in August of 2016. Heather is a graduate of Rutgers’s University in 2010. Heather comes to A Woman’s Gift as a human service and administrative professional with 3 years administrative support experience and 5 years of experience with childcare and youth development. After graduating from Rutgers University with a BA in Anthropology and Spanish, she has gone on to work with children in youth nonprofits and education. Heather has a passion for travel and learning about other cultures. She is now fluent in Spanish and practices constantly to keep up her bilingual status. She has studied and worked abroad in Spain and her favorite city is Valencia. She recently moved back to the United States and now lives in Southern New Jersey with her family. In her spare time, she loves to watch international movies and television shows.