|
Giorgia Castello works for marketing agency, Bamboo. She is married to Peter and lives in North Sydney with their three fostered daughters, Mariaevita (Maria), 4, Aurora (Rory) 2½ and Jakara (9 weeks).
C4K: When and how did you come to foster your girls?
GC: I lived in New York for about seven years, where I met and married my husband (he's a New Yorker) and returned to Sydney about 3 years ago. In the time since we married we have tried to get pregnant but with no success, even after years of fertility treatment and no explanation. Eventually we decided to go down the adoption track, and agreed that the Foster-to-Adopt program would be our best chance in the current Australian adoption landscape. Turns out we were right.
The older two girls are distantly related to me and tragically lost both birth parents within a few days of each other last July. We very quickly put our hands up and offered to care for them. We love them to bits, and are on track for formal adoption over the next year or two.
|
