Q – Tell us a little about yourself, where you grew up, and what you are passionate about.

A – I have always been passionate about animals. As a child I could never eat meat because I saw the slaughtering of my pet lamb when I was four years old.

Q – What part of MFA’s work is closest to your heart?

A – In 2013 I visited a dairy factory farm. What I saw there will haunt me forever. Bellowing of mother cows whose babies were taken from them still echoes in my ears. I used to eat cheese. I stopped eating cheese the day I visited the dairy farm.

I was so affected by what I saw at the dairy farm, I started searching for an organization that helps farmed animals and saw the MFA video Farm to Fridge on YouTube. I knew I’d found the right organization when I read about MFA’s undercover investigations.

When I told my children about the disturbing conditions farmed animals live in, they became vegans and MFA supporters. My daughter, who is a medical doctor, recently started a blog about health and spiritual benefits of living a vegan life. My son educates his friends about the suffering of farmed animals. He gave me the best birthday present last year: a donation to MFA in honor of my birthday.

Q – What change affecting farmed animals do you most want to see?

A – My hope is humans will evolve to a higher level of consciousness and will stop eating animals. I support MFA because it is at the forefront of making the evolutionary change in human consciousness.

Q – Which of MFA’s successes do you feel happiest about?

A – We cheer for MFA when food companies change their cruel practices towards farmed animals as a result of undercover investigations.