Before she launched Your Adoption Finance Coach, Kelly served in the non-profit sector helping others with programs from the arts to the environment. Working for regional and national organizations such as the Arts Council of Metropolitan Kansas City, Camp Fire USA, and Point of Light Foundation.
She has earned her MBA through the Rockhurst Executive Fellow Program at Rockhurst University. Her combined professional and personal experience with international adoption helped her find her true passion.
Kelly’s Personal Adoption Experience
Adoptions can be expensive. In fact, a domestic adoption costs between $25,000 and $50,000 while an international adoption can cost as much as $60,000.
When Kelly and her husband adopted their daughter from China in 2007, she learned about this reality first-hand. She said that it was that experience that led her “to want to help adoptive families raise the money they need to bring their families together forever.”
Kelly’s International Adoption Really Opened Her Eyes
Her journey with international adoptions personally cost over $30,000 and took 29 months. But it was all worth it when she got to experience that life-changing moment. Since then, she has made it her personal goal to help others with their adoption journey by teaching them how to create a comprehensive financial plan for their adoption journey.