All animals deserve moral consideration. This foundational belief has driven and continues to drive every aspect of my work. I have over 16 years of combined experience in the field of animal welfare, ethics, and advocacy with an academic and professional background in assessing welfare, compiling, reviewing, and conducting research, writing articles and papers on ethical and welfare-related issues, assisting on developing strategic plans for campaigns, researching organizations and their welfare practices for foundations, developing enrichment and husbandry protocols, inspecting sanctuaries, and consulting on various animal rights and welfare related projects, including speaking at conferences on related topics. Further experience includes field rescues and research, veterinary tech skills, shelter management and investigations, preparing written testimony for animal-related legislation and videography/photography and social media services geared towards improving adoption rates of animals. This experience covers a variety of species including equine, farm, companion and captive and wild-living animals.