Zoë has been an animal lover since before she can remember. She grew up always intrigued by and caring about the dogs and cats she interacted with in her New Jersey suburban town, in addition to any exotic animals she encountered through movies, tv, or traveling. She continued the pattern by going to the University of Wisconsin for an undergraduate degree in Animal Science, gaining extra experience with agricultural practices and a better understanding of how we interact with animals daily.
Post undergrad, she now works as a veterinary technician in the research field, working with medical researchers and veterinarians to achieve new scientific discoveries while always holding animal welfare at the height of importance. After working in a companion animal hospital during college, this provided a new insight into the veterinary field, and once again broadened Zoë’s experience of what it means to work with animals in this day and age.
By this time in her life, Zoë knows about the animals we keep as pets, the animals we use to feed our populations, and the animals that give an awe-inspiring sacrifice, which anyone who even takes ibuprofen for a headache should highly appreciate. Across the board, these animals need to be spoken for by humans, and they are subject to the rules we choose to lay out.
Zoë is incredibly excited to take some of this hands-on experience and venture further, learning the true methods behind the policies that dictate how we live amongst animals. She wants to know how she can become the best animal advocate possible, and wants to learn the foundation of animal law, so she can push their welfare, enrichment, and overall advocacy as far as it will go.