About me.... I've been a Best Friends volunteer for about as long as I've lived in Los Angeles, which would be around 1991. I also volunteer with the LA City Shelters, although not as much as I'd like to. I work in the entertainment industry, which sometimes makes for crazy hours and have gone back to school to (finally) get my degree in Sociology. I hope to eventually be able to do grief counseling for people whose companion animals have died. In my spare time, I'm a Reiki Master and Registered Bach Flower Practitioner and work primarily with animals in transition.I currently live with 4 cats & 1 dog.... who knew cats could be so much fun?!?I love reading, writing, bellydancing, ballet, hiking, sleeping in, going to the mountains, yoga, riding on the back of a Harley, and watching my cats sleep. I don't like people who lie or are unkind to animals. I love most things metaphysical and once wrote a research paper on animals & the afterlife. I just finished (!!) a research paper about people who are homeless and have pets and just started a research paper on compassion fatigue in animal rescue workers. I've been blessed with the most amazing teachers, guides, mentors, and friends - all of whom love me in spite of myself, for which I am eternally grateful.