Sydney relocated to Portland in 2020 with her 19 year old cat, Penelope, 17 year old cat, Kitty, and 7 year old Lab mix dog, Boogey. She is thrilled to continue her passion for helping animals with the VCA family.

Sydney has been working in animal care and rehabilitation since she was still a child in her hometown of Miami. Every summer she saw thousands of unwanted cats abandoned on the beach where her Dad worked as a lifeguard. She started working with trap/neuter/release programs where cats are trapped, vaccinated, sterilized and returned to where they were found if feral, or re-homed if tame. At 15, she started working in animal shelters as an adoption counselor and in private clinics as a veterinary assistant.

Since then, she has worked with foster and adoption programs for Staffordshires in South Florida, Huskies in Denver, and trap/neuter/release cat programs in Florida, NYC, LA and the US Virgin Islands. One day, she dreams of having a treehouse bed and breakfast and senior cat sanctuary.