Ana & Giacomo

Dear Birth Mom,

We are Ana and Giacomo, and we are so grateful that you are taking the time to get to know about us. Even though we are not in your shoes and cannot begin to imagine what you have been feeling, we know you are here in this moment because of your courage and your strength.

As you read our story, our hope is that you feel connected to us and included in the family we dream of building. We promise to be here every step of the way – if you are willing to share, we are excited to get to know you, as well as your hopes, your dreams, and, of course, your wishes for an adoption plan with us.

Please know that we have been praying from the moment we started on our adoption journey and we hope to walk this path together with you, side by side.

With so much love,

Ana & Giacomo

Our Adoption Story

The idea of building a family has always lived in our hearts. Giacomo is the third of five siblings, born in Arcore, Italy, and Ana is the second of five, born in Sevilla, Spain. We both come from humble backgrounds, and growing up in large families shaped who we are. From an early age, we shared responsibilities at home and helped care for our younger siblings. Those experiences instilled in us a deep sense of family, responsibility, and love.

This shared upbringing connected us deeply from our very first dates. We recognized in each other not only similar values, but also a common dream. When Ana was a child, she would answer without hesitation when asked what she wanted to be: a mother. She carried that dream throughout her life, even spending years babysitting while studying. Adoption was also already part of Ana’s extended family, with cousins adopted from Russia, China, Morocco, and the Dominican Republic. On Giacomo’s side, his family regularly fostered children from Eastern Europe during the summers. These experiences made the idea of welcoming children through different paths feel natural and meaningful to both of us.

We began trying to have children early in our relationship, always with the intention of building a family that would include adoption. However, our path took an unexpected and difficult turn. We faced years of infertility, which led to a physically and emotionally draining time of going through IVF. But despite these challenges, we never lost hope. We continued to pray and hold firmly to the calling we felt so strongly in our hearts — the calling to become parents.

Our professional experiences have also shaped this calling. Through Ana’s work at the World Bank and Giacomo’s work in non-profits, we became deeply aware of the need for everyone to have access to education, financial stability, and opportunities in life. These experiences shaped who we are with the hopes of making a meaningful contribution to the world.

We believe that one of the most important ways we can do so is by raising a child with strong values—someone who shows empathy, faith, generosity, and hope. In a world that increasingly needs compassion and understanding, we feel called to nurture and guide the next generation with love and purpose.

Our Promise to You

We are both cheerful, playful people, and we cannot wait to share the world with your baby: exploring, learning, traveling, laughing, and simply enjoying life together. We are not perfect, but we promise to do our very best to raise your child with strong values and kindness. We will always make sure that they feel safe and cared for. We hope to encourage playfulness through sports, and sensitivity and curiosity through culture, art, books, music, and diverse experiences. We will offer gentle, patient care while also providing the guidance and structure a child needs. Our work offers flexibility, which will come in handy when we are caring for and raising your baby. Our goal is to create a safe, loving, and nurturing home built on trust, openness, and respect.

Having lived in different cities, countries, and cultures, we will strive to raise your child as a citizen of the world—someone who respects and values different perspectives. Your baby will be deeply loved not only by us, but also by our large, close-knit families, with many cousins in both Italy and Spain already waiting with excitement.

We also want to make a promise to you: you are an essential part of this journey. If you wish, we would be honored to have an open adoption and to walk this path together. Should you be open to it, we would love for you to be connected in whatever way feels right for you.

How We Met

As it often does, our story began thanks to mutual friends who introduced us. Giacamo had already been living in New York when Ana made the move from Belgium to pursue her law degree. Giacomo invited Ana to a party and when she walked through the door he was immediately smitten. He tried to compensate with his sense of humor, and the rest is history.

To this day, we still laugh because the place where we first met was an Italian cocktail bar called Da Capo, which literally means “From the beginning,” and because we both ordered the same drink from the menu: one called “Business.” We like to say we became partners in crime from the get-go 😉

In those early months, we spent time getting to know each other in simple ways: visiting museums, going to the movies, studying side by side, and walking around New York. When Ana later moved to Washington, DC for work, we continued our relationship long-distance, traveling back and forth every weekend. It was not always easy, but our love strengthened our relationship.

Then came the beginning of 2020 and the Covid-19 pandemic. Ana moved into Giacomo’s small apartment, and during those uncertain times we learned even more how to rely on one another. We volunteered in our community, stayed close to family and friends, and endured those challenging months together.

That summer, during a trip to Acadia National Park in Maine, Giacomo proposed to Ana at sunrise. Ana said yes! A few months later, we got married at St. Francis de Sales Church in New York, surrounded by our family and friends.

Since then, we have continued building a life centered around faith, friendship, curiosity, and service. We love hiking, skiing, traveling, attending the opera and Broadway shows, volunteering, taking flamenco classes together, and hosting dinners for friends and neighbors.

About Ana

I was born and raised in Seville, Spain, in a family where love, faith, and togetherness were always at the center of our lives. As the second of five children, I grew up in a home full of energy, strong emotions, and deep bonds. Much of who I am today comes from the role I had caring for my younger sisters, especially because they were born when I was already a teenager. Those experiences shaped my sense of responsibility and strengthened my instinct to nurture, protect, and care for others.

I have always been very active and expressive. As a child, I loved gymnastics, and later I became passionate about flamenco, which remains a very important part of my life today. Music and dance have always been ways for me to connect with others and express emotions.

I worked hard in school and eventually had the opportunity to study and live abroad in France, Belgium, New York, and Washington, DC, supporting myself through student jobs along the way. Today, I speak Spanish, English, French, Italian, and German, and I deeply value the friendships I have built across different cultures and countries.

I now work as an attorney in New York, but family has always remained my greatest priority. I love hosting, cooking, and bringing people together. Above all, I hope to be a warm, patient, and attentive mother who creates a safe and loving home where a child feels truly understood, supported, and deeply loved.

About Giacomo

I was born and raised in a small town in northern Italy in a close-knit and loving family. Being in the middle of five siblings taught me how to listen, adapt, and understand different personalities. With older siblings to look up to and younger siblings who looked up to me, I learned early on the importance of patience, empathy, and responsibility.

A big part of who I am comes from my father, who opened the first bookstore in our hometown. I grew up surrounded by books, ideas, and conversations about the world. That environment sparked my lifelong love of reading, writing, history, and politics.

I would describe myself as calm, thoughtful, supportive, and resilient. After moving to the United States, I worked hard to build my path step by step, studying at night while working full-time. I eventually earned my CPA and later completed an Executive MBA at Columbia Business School while continuing to work. These experiences, together with opportunities to travel and study abroad, broadened my perspective in meaningful ways and shaped who I am.

In my free time, I love being outdoors—playing soccer, golfing, hiking, skiing, and traveling—but I also deeply value quiet moments at home with the people I love.

Our Home

Since the beginning of 2023, we have lived in Long Island City, a peaceful residential neighborhood in Queens, just one subway stop from Manhattan. We love being connected to the energy of the city while still having a place that feels safe, calm, and truly like home. Our home has two-bedrooms and is full of natural light overlooking the East River. We enjoy filling it with plants, flowers, books, and paintings collected during our travels—including a colorful turtle painted by Giacomo’s niece, Irma. We chose this apartment partly because of its spacious second bedroom, hoping one day to fill it with a child.

We love hosting dinners, birthdays, and celebrations, but we also enjoy quiet evenings at home with our two cats, Felix and Miguel, who are playful, affectionate, and very loved. Our building has family-friendly spaces including a gym, a kids’ playroom, and a beautiful outdoor terrace with tennis courts, a large lawn, and barbecue areas where we gather with friends during the summer. The neighborhood itself is very diverse, and family- and sports-oriented, with beautiful riverside walks, parks, soccer and basketball fields, and plenty of outdoor activities that we look forward to sharing as a family of three one day.

Our Loved Ones

We each have four siblings, and we are all very close. We also feel incredibly lucky to still have both of our parents and two of Ana’s grandparents in our lives. Our families have been deeply supportive, sensitive, and thoughtful throughout our infertility and adoption journey, and we make a strong effort to stay connected by traveling to Spain and Italy several times a year.

Ana’s brother, Pablo, lives in France, and we make sure to see him at least twice a year, especially as our nieces grow up. When we are in Spain, we enjoy simple and joyful moments together: going to soccer games, playing board games and escape rooms, and sharing experiences as a family.

In the United States, we are fortunate to have extended relatives from Ana’s Dominican side of the family, who originally moved from Spain to the Dominican Republic and later to the U.S. They have become a very important part of our lives—Ana even lived with them when she first arrived in New York. We often spend weekends together enjoying barbecues and family time, and in many ways they have been our mentors in navigating American life. They also have two young nieces, and we look forward to seeing them grow up alongside your child.

Beyond family, we have built a strong and supportive community of friends, colleagues, and neighbors through NYU, Columbia, church, flamenco, and soccer. We have formed close friendships with people from many cultures and backgrounds, from India to Honduras. Being surrounded by diversity is very important to us.

We are so lucky to be surrounded by our loved ones, near and far. Everyone is absolutely thrilled to know that we are planning to become parents through adoption and your little one will have so much love from so many amazing people.

Holidays & Traditions

Our cultural backgrounds are rich in holidays and traditions, and over the years we have also created many meaningful traditions of our own.

For Christmas, we often travel to Spain and Italy to celebrate with our families. In Spain, Ana’s family gathers on December 24th and 25th for meals and music. A very special tradition is that family members play instruments together at the table while singing Christmas songs. They also sing carols in churches and elderly homes with their parish, spreading joy throughout the community. Gift-giving takes place on January 6th, following the tradition of the Three Magi.

Holy Week is another deeply meaningful time with beautiful processions, and La Feria is a vibrant spring festival centered around flamenco. Flamenco remains central in Ana’s life—she takes classes in New York, performs with her school, and plays castanets and guitar at her parish. She is also connected to New York’s acrobatics and aerial arts community, a passion rooted in her childhood as a gymnast.

Giacomo’s family also cherishes Italian traditions, especially weekly Friday pizza nights, annual family photos, and Christmas celebrations together.

One of our favorite traditions is taking long evening walks in the summer to disconnect from electronics and reconnect with each other. We also love hosting gatherings at our home for birthdays, holidays, and any excuse to celebrate with family and friends. We also celebrate “Name Days,” which is a European tradition—both of ours are in July, making it a special time of year for us.

Thank you from the bottom of our hearts for taking the time to get to know us. We have so much respect for you and for the strength, care, and love behind your decisions. If you choose us, we promise to provide a home filled with love, support, and opportunity. No matter what, we are truly grateful to have crossed paths with you and wish you all the best.

With love and gratitude,

Ana & Giacomo

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