Robert Riemenschneider

Cats or dogs? – Personally, I love dogs, but the puppies and kittens are my weakness. When I was 5, I was pretty sure I’d be a vet/vet tech when I grew up. Now I’m still continuing that journey! What’s the most inspiring part of your job? Seeing every animal get a forever home, and…

Chanda Fulkerson

If I won the lottery tomorrow: I’d start a senior animal sanctuary where any animal could live out their lives, be cared for and loved, and, you know….keep working here.  When I was 5, I was pretty sure I’d grow up to be a:  Paleontologist.  Cats or dogs: Both! And birds, lizards, cows, porcupines…  The…

Jennifer Bradley

My favorite word in the English language is: Zaftig. Meaning pleasantly plump, full-figured, or voluptuous. It is often used to describe an attractively curvy woman. In another life, I’m pretty sure I was: a Pallas’s cat, also known as a manul. These small, elusive wild felines are known for being incredibly fluffy and having a distinctly grumpy expression. Secretive and solitary,…

Lisette Worthey

Cats or dogs? Cats My favorite word in the English language is balderdash. My favorite word that has no direct English translation is the Japanese word for when you are eating because your mouth is lonely and not because you are hungry “Kuchisabishii”.  

Izzy Zalenski

Cats or dogs: Dogs! (PLEASE don’t tell my cat…) What’s the most inspiring part of your job: Contributing to visible change in the community. If you were a pasta shape, what shape would you be and why: Whatever the curly one is, because why not! If I were a superhero, my superpower would be Shapeshifting!…

Kyria Mjelde

When I was 5, I was pretty sure I’d be an animal care worker when I grew up. It was going to be that or something art related…but I may or may not have put all my stuffed animals in a box when I was a kid with crudely labeled on sharpie text that read…