by AllPaths Family Building | Jan 13, 2026 | Advocacy, IVF, Podcast
This episode features Emma Berens, the Federal Government Affairs Manager for the American Society for Reproductive Medicine (ASRM) who brings a unique perspective to her work as an IVF baby herself. Growing up in Massachusetts, Emma and her sister were born through...
by AllPaths Family Building | Jan 6, 2026 | Advocacy, Family Building Story, Loss, Podcast
In this first episode of 2026, we talk with Vermont State Representative Ashley Bartley, 2025 AllPaths Advocacy Award winner, about her intertwined journey of family building and political service. Ashley, a fourth-generation Vermonter, recounts her personal...
by AllPaths Family Building | Dec 30, 2025 | Advocacy, Podcast
This episode serves as a comprehensive guide to demystifying the advocacy process for those who want to support family-building issues, but are nervous or don’t know where to start. Hosts Kate and Emily share their own early anxieties about testifying and...
by AllPaths Family Building | Nov 11, 2025 | Advocacy, Family Building Story, Infertility, IVF, Podcast, Support
In this episode we welcome Kristin Dillensnyder to discuss her family building journey and her subsequent work in the fertility space. Kristin, a former military spouse now living in South Carolina, navigated the complicated, messy, and lonely process of IVF and...
by AllPaths Family Building | Oct 28, 2025 | Adoption, Advocacy, Family Building Story, Fertility Treatment, Infertility, Loss, Podcast, Support
In our latest episode, we welcome Maria and Elizabeth, the co-founders and co-directors of The ART of Infertility, to share their personal experiences with infertility and their collaborative advocacy work. Though their individual family building journeys took...
by AllPaths Family Building | Oct 21, 2025 | Advocacy, Family Building Story, Fertility Treatment, LGBTQ+, Podcast
In this episode, we speak with Becca Levin Nayak, an attorney specializing in adoption and assisted reproduction in Pennsylvania. Becca shares her own family building journey, begun with her ex-wife, where the couple navigated donor conception. The process of choosing...
