She has been a volunteer at animal shelters and with dog rescues for a combined 12+ years at the City of Boston Animal Shelter, a local city shelter, a local pit bull rescue, and a local all-breed rescue. She is currently on the Board of A Rotta Love Plus, a Twin Cities-based pit bull and Rottweiler rescue. She is passionate about all breeds of dogs (and animals in general), and has an especially soft spot in her heart for pit bulls after adopting her first pit bull, Rose (RIP), in 2005.