Age: 29
Occupation: Commercial Banking Underwriter
Pets: I have two of the cutest Shih Tzu’s ever, Max (8 years old) and Shadow (5 years old).

What motivated you to join PAWS Chicago’s team?
I joined the team because I am passionate about helping homeless pets and I knew the team would give me some extra motivation to run my first marathon. After joining, I created a video training and fundraising blog that detailed all the ups and downs of my training. Knowing that all my friends and family were donating to PAWS and keeping up with my training, I knew I couldn’t give up on what seemed like an impossible goal at times!

Do you have a favorite memory of your time on the team?
Marathon day, right before the race, I met up with some of my fellow PAWS runners. Since it was all of our first time running, we were all so excited, a little scared and very proud of each other for what we were about to accomplish after all of our training. I will never forget starting the race with all of them and how thrilling that moment was – knowing that we were about to accomplish a milestone not only for ourselves, but for the homeless pets we helped save.