Guatemalan Adoption Consultants is a company owned and operated by Jessie Baeza-Garcia. She is the former INS Orphan Immigration Specialist at the US Embassy in Guatemala from January 1998 through August 2001. Jessie received an Outstanding Performance Award for her hard work and dedication in the adoption program. She is known in the adoption community for her ethical work practices and for her extensive experience in the area of Guatemalan adoptions. The current standards and safeguards used at the embassy, such as requiring DNA testing for all relinquishment adoptions were created and established by her during her tenure at the embassy. The safeguards were implemented in order to prevent fraudulent adoptions. Jessie and her husband are the proud parents of two beautiful children adopted from Guatemala. They have experienced the heartache of infertility but also know the joy of creating a family through adoption. She and her family lived in Guatemala for almost six years and know the people and their culture. She is fluent in Spanish and can communicate directly with the people in Guatemala. Not only is Jessie an expert in Guatemalan adoptions from a professional standpoint but she can share with you her personal experiences with Guatemala and its people. GAC is committed to providing truthful and accurate information during the Guatemalan adoption process. We will never mislead you on the status of your case and always be responsive to your inquiries. We provide this quality of service at the most competitive rate possible because we have been “there”. Because of Jessie’s experience in Guatemalan adoptions she felt there was a need for someone who could and would provide honest and truthful information about the adoption process in Guatemala. Guatemala has a reputation of having birth mothers pressured into giving up their child for adoption therefore it is extremely important that we know who we are working with. It is unfortunate that many agencies do not know or chose not to know the people they work with in Guatemala. We believe that no adoptive parent would want to get involved with an adoption where there was coercion involved. There are thousands of women who will voluntarily give up their child for adoption. We firmly believe that there is no room for even one birth mother to be pressured or lied to into giving up a child for adoption. Thank you for visiting our Web Site and for expressing an interest in our service. If you have any questions or wish to get the name and phone number of references, please do not hesitate to contact us.