Marisa was born and raised in the suburb and rural areas in east Pennsylvania. Ever since she was a young girl, she has always had so much love for animals. She took in stray cats, fostered them and found new permanent homes for them. When she was a teenager, she was introduced to the concept of TNR (Trap, Neuter, Release) program and discovered how much TNR can really save the overpopulation of stray cats. Marisa’s aunt was a vet technician and her aunt was given abandoned reptiles from exotic pet stores. Her aunt taught Marisa how to care for reptiles and other exotic animals like scorpions and tarantulas! Now as an adult, Marisa loves to spend her free time volunteering at animal shelters, horse rescues and foster many pets. Marisa makes sure her foster pets were adopted into homes that provide them with high qualities of life. She has experiences working with cats and dogs that have aggressive behavior challenges and pets that have special medical attention (e.g. medicine, mobility issues, and senior dogs, etc). Marisa loves to take the dogs to parks for nature walks or hikes and even bikes. She have five dogs (3 of her dogs was a foster failed!)