Meet Our Egg Donors - Alta Bates IVF Program

K.C. is an attractive 28 year old single mother of a healthy 8 year old boy. She works as a loan processor. She was born in October 1978 and grew up in Northern California. She has brown eyes and naturally wavy brown hair. Her height is 5’8” and she weighs 150 lbs. She wears glasses for nearsightedness. Her ethnic background is mixed: Scottish and Italian on her father’s side and English and German with a trace of Native American on the maternal side. 247

K.W. was born in Hong Kong in April 1975 and moved to the United States with her parents and 2 younger brothers when she was 7 years old. She is 5’4” tall, weighs 120 lbs. and has black hair and brown eyes. Her ethnic background: Chinese. After mastering her new language (English) in grade school she was quickly advanced to a gifted class and excelled academically, doing particularly well in math, science, art and language. She is a UC graduate who is currently designing website graphics. She loves to cook – pastries are her favorite – and is a doting aunt to her nephew, the “cutest baby in the whole world”. 219

M.S. was born in January 1983 and grew up in a close knit family with parents and twin sister. She’s 5’2” tall, 100 lbs., and has brown hair and hazel eyes. Her ethnic background is a mixture of German, Portuguese and Lebanese. Working with developmentally disabled adults gives M.S. a sense of personal satisfaction and accomplishment. Her gift of a kidney to her twin sister is just one example of this young woman’s generous nature and maturity. Reading, poetry and listening to music with her friends and family are favorite activities of this lovely, outgoing young woman. 226

B.J. is a 26 year old single Caucasian woman who has four healthy children 8, 7, 5 and 4 years old from a previous relationship. She is 5'8" and weighs 145 lbs; she has hazel eyes and brown hair. Her ethnic background is German on her father’s side and Spanish on her mother’s side. She is an at home mom but is returning to college in the near future to finish her BA degree. 237

J.P was born in May 1982, is 5’1” tall, weighs 115 lbs., and has black hair and dark brown eyes. Her ethnic background: Mexican-American. She grew up in California with 2 older siblings. Her career is in education, primarily in mathematics. Her favorite pastime activities include camping, bicycle riding, going to car shows. JP is a reserved yet very personable young woman, intelligent, attractive and humble about her accomplishments. 187

D.G. is an attractive, bright and congenial young woman who was born in the Philippines in December 1984, the middle of three children. She has black hair, brown eyes, weighs 105 lbs and is 5’3” tall. She’s currently employed as a sales coordinator (the youngest among her colleagues) in the corporate offices of a prestigious San Francisco hotel. She has clear goals for her future, including taking her MBA in the next couple of years, and the vision and enthusiasm to achieve them. 232

N.F. is of Persian extraction and was born in Iran in 1977. She’s 5’4” tall, 115 lbs and has brown hair and brown eyes. With her parents and 2 brothers she moved to the United States in the mid-80’s and quickly adjusted to her new language and community. Currently working in Human Resources at a prestigious academic research facility she plans to pursue her post-graduate degree in HR/Public Administration. Her favorite times are spent with her husband and 4 year old daughter. Among her recreational interests are the performing/fine arts, sports (basketball), writing and poetry. 224

J.W. is an attractive, outgoing, caring African-American woman who is 5’7” tall and weighs 150 lbs, has black hair and brown eyes. She was born in April 1980 and grew up in the Bay Area. She graduated from high school in 1998 and has been married for 7 years. She is a stay at home mom with her four healthy children whose ages range from one to nine years old. 243

K.N. is an attractive healthy young woman who works as a surgical assistant. She is a married mother of a 2 year old son. She was born in Northern California in August 1981. She stands 5’6” tall and weighs 140 lbs; she has straight blond hair, blue eyes, and good vision. Her ethnic background is Scandinavian and Native American (1/8 Choctaw). 250

L.U. was born in July 1976. She is 5’5” tall, weighs 135 lbs, and has black hair and brown eyes. Her ethnic background is Filipino. She has an associate degree in business administration and currently owns and runs her own deli/coffee shop. She is the mother of 2 children, describes herself as hard-working, analytical and very goal oriented. 153

S.R. was born in April 1978 and grew up in a close-knit family with her parents and brother. She is 5’1” tall, 100 lbs., has light brown hair and brown eyes. Her ethnic background: Dutch, Russian and Blackfoot Indian. High school was filled with activities including gymnastics, an area in which she successfully competed while keeping her grades up and enjoying a busy social life. She will soon be completing her studies to become a Registered Nurse. Working with the Bay Area Crisis Nursery while going through nursing school has been a source of personal and professional satisfaction and enhanced her desire to become an egg donor. 220

H.W. was born in November 1981 and raised in the San Francisco Bay Area. She is Caucasian, 5’6” tall, 145 lbs., has brown hair and hazel eyes. She works as a phlebotomist and enjoys spending all her free time with her young daughter and son. Some of her favorite hobbies include bicycle rides, working out at the gym, camping, family outings to Disneyland. At one time she thought she would like to have a really large family but she’s decided that her life is really full and enjoyable with 2 children… and she wants to “help someone else enjoy the same gifts I have.” 206

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