Writer Biography

Animals and the arts are my passion.

For the past decade, I've worked as a journalist and artist in the Boston area. I've raised and trained dogs for a significant portion of my life, and I currently serve as a foster parent for a handful of New England animal shelters and rescue leagues. I worked for an animal shelter for over a decade and I currently specialize in the care and training of ill pets with handicaps or special needs, and I look forward to sharing all that I've learned with visitors, while also providing the information necessary to make for happy, healthy pets.

Professionally, I've written extensively in the area of animal training and care. I've written for an array of high-profile national pet magazines, in addition to local pet magazines, like The Animal Print, serving Rhode Island and Massachusetts.

I am currently the Feature Writer for the Pet Care topic on Suite101.com, though I serve as a contributing writer on a vast array of animal and pet-related issues.

I also give daily personalized pet advice on a vast array of topics as a Dog Expert and Pet Expert with JustAnswer.com. In addition, I'm currently authoring and designing a series of animal care and training pamphlets, which will soon be available in veterinary clinics and animal shelters nationwide.

I'm also currently working as an editor and writer for WBZ Newsradio1030 AM, a CBS affiliate in Boston. I've just delved into the wonderful world of radio, but until just recently, I worked for more than ten years in the newspaper business as an editor-in-chief of a daily publication. It's a bit of a change making the jump from newspaper to radio, but who doesn't like to learn something new every once in a while?!

When I'm not busy managing broadcasts and writing script at WBZ, I may be off tending to one of my six dogs, five cats, three rats, two guinea pigs and five birds. If I'm not in the company of a non-human companion, then I'm probably busy overseeing some aspect of my fledgling pottery company, Piggy's Pet Pottery (www.PiggysPetPottery.com).