Our Staff

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CINDY SARAI, MSW

​Founder & Executive Director, Placement Supervisor

Ms. Cindy Sarai is the Founder and Executive Director for Adoption Dreams Come True, a non-profit domestic adoption agency based in Fort Collins, Colorado. With 23 years in the field of Social Work and 15 years in the adoption arena, her passion is clear. Her belief that every child deserves a home that is loving, safe and permanent is the foundation for the work her agency does for birth parents, adoptive parents and children. As a result of her focus, Cindy has been a part of over 500 placements of children into permanent happy homes.

Cindy created a diverse agency that was not exclusive in any aspect, but served all birth parents and adoptive families regardless of race, religion or sexual orientation. Cindy provides free life-time counseling for all birth parents regardless of their final choice and often meets with birth moms whom she met years ago. Adoptive family fees are based on a sliding scale, using annual income, so that adoptive families are not taken out of the adoption process based solely on income. Adoption Dreams Come True has always mirrored our diversity rich world and values the uniqueness of every client who comes through its doors.

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GINGER DEREUS

Director of Development

Ms. Ginger DeReus is currently the Director of Development for a local Fort Collins non-profit adoption agency, Adoption Dreams Come True. Her role encompasses fundraising, marketing, and community liaison work to promote and enhance the core mission of the agency: Building strong families through adoption to make dreams come true for the children.

Her professional career also included 4 years as a Career Transition Consultant serving clients in Northern Colorado (Ft Collins, Windsor, Greeley and Loveland). Her passion for making a difference in each clients’ transitional career journey was the baseline for the work she did for Lee Hecht Harrison.

After retiring from Qwest (now CenturyLink) in 2004, she directed the daily operations of a small land development company in Windsor, CO for 3 years.

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​ADRIENNE MCCRYSTAL, BS HUMAN SERVICES COUNSELING

Lead Adoption Caseworker

Adrienne McCrystal is currently an Adoption Caseworker for Adoption Dreams Come True. She has been a Social Worker for over 20 years, working with diverse populations ranging from young children to the elderly. She has also been a Yoga instructor for over 10 years to help people create positive change in their lives. Adrienne is passionate about working with all people and is honored to be part of an organization that respects the diverse and complex nature of different walks of life. Adrienne looks forward to helping both birth parents and adoptive parents on their unique journey and to helping each family build the family of their dreams.

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MONICA WELCH

Adoption Caseworker

Monica Welch has been a part of Adoption Dreams Come true for 10 years and has counseled with a variety of birth parents and adoptive families as they navigate their personal experience with adoption. She has a Bachelor of Social Work Degree and her career encompasses working with many populations, from infants to seniors. Monica has served as a grants provider for a foundation that supports low income elderly in Larimer County. She also is involved with hands-on service activities in a mother-daughter philanthropy organization in Northern Colorado.

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OLIVE

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Olive is a key member of the staff. Her enthusiasm and great tail waggin’ skills puts a smile on our faces whenever she is in the office. Olive loves Adoption Dreams Come True because she gets lots of hugs and attention and special treats like apples and dried edamame!. Olive’s goal is to come to the office everyday and help Cindy, Ginger, Alycia and Adrienne “Create Families and Deliver Dreams”. Arf, arf…..

CREATING FAMILIES, DELIVERING DREAMS

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