S2 E9 Animal Chat with Melissa Liszewski The Animal Chat Podcast

Melissa Liszewski is a Senior Program Manager for Community Engagement at the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW). She has loved animals and wanted to help them for as long as she can remember, and that passion has seen her deliver some of the most progressive, sustainable and impactful animal welfare programs in communities around in the world.
In this podcast, Melissa talks about her early love of animals and campaigning her parents to get her first dog. Her journey through her career, from studying animal science and Michigan State University to her work at The Brooke, that led to her passion for helping communities in order to improve the lives of animals. She talks about the importance of this work and how each project she worked on and each organisation she worked for, has helped improve the welfare of animals by also helping the people working and living with those animals.
We also chat about what it's actually like to work in this sector, the things we've learned along the way and the advice we'd give people working or wanting to work in animal welfare.
 
International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) website - https://www.ifaw.org/international
The Brooke website - https://www.thebrooke.org