Cara Birrittieri - is an award-winning television reporter who covered health and medicine in Boston, throughout New England for national & international audiences and has reported extensively on reproduction issues. Her awards include: an Emmy Nomination, the Health & Science Journalist's Award from the American Heart Association, two Sword of Hope Awards from the American Cancer Society, the Award of Excellence from the American Medical Writer's Association, and an AAA Science Journalism Award. Recently she has joined the board of directors at the Massachusetts chapter of RESOLVE The National Infertility Association, where she has taken a leadership role to address the needs of women facing a slowing biological clock, and opting to use donor eggs for family building, as well as expanding Resolve's role to include infertility prevention. Since undergoing her own battle with her biological clock, she speaks publicly about her struggle and the topics in What Every Woman Should Know About Fertility and Her Biological Clock in order to help others avoid facing a similar ordeal. She has also appeared on many health news segments involving fertility. She resides outside Boston, MA, with her husband, 5-year-old son, and infant daughter.

Investigative Reporter & Author of:

WHAT EVERY WOMAN SHOULD KNOW ABOUT FERTILITY AND HER BIOLOGICAL CLOCK

In Circulation January 2005