Carlyn MontesDeOca

Carlyn Montes De Oca is a passionate animal advocate, international speaker, and multi-award-winning author of Dog as My Doctor, Cat as my Nurse. Carlyn has been featured on ABC, CBS and Woman's Day Magazine.

A long-time resident of Northern California, she now lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico with her husband, Ken Fischer, an award-winning sound editor and their beloved rescue dog, Grace. Her latest book, a #1 Amazon bestseller, Junkyard Girl: a Memoir of Ancestry, Family Secrets, and Second Chances, is available now.