Fwd: FW: Capstone Project - employee questions/answers
Alexander Petrovic
From: Laura Welch <LWe...@snapus.org>
Date: Tue, Jul 8, 2014 at 8:47 AM
Subject: FW: Capstone Project - employee questions/answers
To: Alexander Petrovic <alexande...@gmail.com>
Here is what I have so far. I am still trying to get more for you. Thanks
Laura E. Welch
Director of Development
Spay-Neuter Assistance Program, Inc.
From: Laura Welch
Sent: Wednesday, July 02, 2014 8:53 AM
To: Laura Welch
Subject: Capstone Project - employee questions/answers
Name: Rolando Gonzalez Jr
1. City born: Harlingen, TX
2. City raised: Harlingen, TX
3. School attended: Harlingen High School
4. Family info: I am a third-generation Mexican-American. Highest level of education for both parents was high school diploma. I have two half-brothers and one younger brother. My two older brothers
5. Favorite food: Enchiladas
6. Favorite animal: Dogs
7. Favorite travel spot: South Padre Island, TX
8. Hobbies: Tennis, cooking, hiking/running, paper mache, reading
9. How did you start working for SNAP? Upon graduation I was seeking a job in the nonprofit sector where I can see the time I spent make a meaningful impact
10. Why is the work SNAP does so important? There is direct correlation of the number of spay-neuter surgeries to the number of animals being admitted in shelters; SNAP works to prevent animal overpopulation. There is also an equal importance on the work SNAP does in educating the public on proper veterinary care for animal companions.
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13. Crazy pet stories
14. Other interesting stories/facts
Name: D
City born: St.Louis Missouri
City raised: Tel Aviv, Israel until the age of 13, Crab Orchard Illinois from age of 13-17.
School attended: Southern Illinois University-Carbondale-Music, Berlin Germany Consv. Of Music, University of Houston-Music, Art Inst. Of Houston-Commercial Photography
Family info: After being in a 26 year old relationship, realizing same sex marriage would not happen soon in Texas, flew to Washington DC May 10th of this year and married my partner. Born to a German Jewish Woman from Berlin and an Irish Catholic Father from Cuba. It’s been a fun adventure!!
Favorite food: Smoked Salmon, any type of cold smoked fish.
Favorite animal: Canine
Favorite travel spot: Anywhere on Planet Earth, this year I have visited Europe, going to Canada this week, was in Washington DC and NYC in May, and take off for China in Apri.l
Hobbies: Reading
How did you start working for SNAP? Retired from Photography, was at the first meeting many years ago when
SNAP was started, decided to do something new.
Why is the work SNAP does so important? Low Cost SPAY and NEUTER says it all!
Crazy pet stories: Spending 30 minutes talking to a feral cat lady about a kitten she saw in her back yard, wanting to eat your own hand to get away from her.
Other interesting stories/facts: Having lived in Houston most of my adult life, fighting the battle for spaying and neutering, and realizing we have not even hit the top of the ice berg yet.
3. Name: Molly Phillips
City born: Warren
City raised: Warren
School attended: Warren G. Harding
Family info:
Favorite food: Seafood
Favorite animal: Panda
Favorite travel spot: North Carolina
Hobbies: Hiking, Reading
How did you start working for SNAP? Applied to different online sites related to working with animals
Why is the work SNAP does so important? They are changing the world and making it better for animals
Crazy pet stories
Other interesting stories/facts
4. Name: Gil Lizalde
City born: Chicago
City raised: Chicago
School attended: Northern Illinois University
Family info: I have 3 furry babies…lol
Favorite food: Sushi
Favorite animal: Dog
Favorite travel spot: Spain
Hobbies: My three dogs..and traveling.
How did you start working for SNAP? I love nonprofits and wanted to work where I could make a difference
Why is the work SNAP does so important? It’s very important because so many poor animals are homeless, end up in shelters and in the long run die because people don’t want them.
Crazy pet stories - Other interesting stories/facts – During my trip to the San Antonio clinic on October 19, 2013, I was in the surgery animal when his tiny 3 ½ pound sad puppy caught my eyes. So I went over to him to say hello and pet him. When I did that – one of the technicians told me that he didn’t have an owner. The technician had found him the day before abandoned on the side of Loop 410 (freeway) , so she brought him to the clinic to get him checked out. I heard that story and it made me so sad that someone would just dump such a sweet dog on the road. The puppy could have been run over by a car/truck if she had not rescued him. So I said I would take him and add him to my family where he would have two loving parent and two furry brothers to play with. He has been a wonderful addition to our family and are happy he is ours.
VETERINARIAN
5. Name: Mary Kate Lawler
City born: Colorado Springs, CO
City raised: Dansville NY
College attended: Marist College Poughkeepsie, NY and Cornell University Ithaca NY
Family info: 4th oldest in a family of 14 children. And TV shows about large happy families that all get along and like each other are a myth – not the reality that TV would have you believe
Favorite food: that is far too broad a question to ever answer. How can anyone name one food as a favorite, maybe in a food group like favorite fruit or favorite meat or favorite raw vegetable – but anyone answering the question favorite food is clearly either lying or just putting down something for the sake of answering and being done with the exercise.
Favorite animal: I like dogs – but I am still not fond of the favorite word because I don’t like binding myself to just one thing – all animals are awesome!
Favorite travel spot:Favorite favorite favorite again! What an unfair word!!!
In Europe – Ireland hands down; in Texas – Gulf coast especially Port Aransas, in South America the Galapagos – traveling just about anywhere can be an inspiring exciting adventure and there are countless beautiful places on this earth waiting to be visited.
Hobbies: I enjoy a multitude of things, I like anything outdoors, I like to sew and be creative, I enjoy learning new things – being a multitasking person it is difficult to stick to one thing, so I don’t really have any consistent hobbies, just whatever is new and interesting I try.
Number of spay/neuter procedures done (estimate): I think I have probably done 70,000 -80,000 over my career in veterinary medicine.
How did you start working for SNAP? I had recently moved to Texas and I was taking a break from working in veterinary medicine. I saw an opportunity in a veterinary journal to go on a spay/neuter trip in the Galapagos Islands and I called and signed up. As an afterthought, I thought perhaps I should volunteer at a spay/neuter clinic and make sure that I am still able to spay/neuter, since I had not been working for 6 months. I contacted Dr. Weedon through an internet search for spay/neuter clinics. Dr. Weedon invited me to attend a Neutersol Event that San Antonio SNAP was holding at the Humane Society of Bexar County in San Antonio. The event was overloaded with clients and Dr. Weedon asked me to stay and help. At one point Shawn Hawkins came through, Dr. Weedon introduced me and Shawn said “you are hired”. That is how I started working for SNAP.
Why is the work SNAP does so important? Because dogs and cats continue to die around the world for no other reason than there are too many
Laura E. Welch
Director of Development
Spay-Neuter Assistance Program, Inc.