Meet the Team

Melissa

Home Visit Coordinator

I live in Southern NH

I was born & raised in Massachusetts

I coordinate assigning home visits to our home visit volunteers as well as review and approve home visits.

We currently have 1 rescue Dog, Emma, we adopted her when she was 7 years old she is currently 14. We have three rescue Cats; Mittens, Layla, and Callie.

I became a volunteer with Survivor tails 5+ years ago, when I saw a picture of Dover on their Facebook page. I instantly fell in love. I knew that I wanted to find a way to help rescue pets to find their furever homes.

Fun fact: I am left handed aka a Leftie

Yasmin

IT Coordinator

I live in Washington, D.C.

I was born & raised in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

I provide internal IT support to all coordinators and also help maintain our website and online platforms.

I have two fur babies, Lucky and Aika that were also born and raised in Brazil.

Volunteering at STAR grew in my heart very, very fast! It all started when I needed volunteer hours for a personal project. After a few months my involvement grew, I was able to interact with the team more and really see STAR through the eyes of all involved in this beautiful project. It is absolutely amazing and inspiring how we all work together with so much passion, dedication and with one common goal in mind: Be able to impact the lives of many fur babies looking for their forever home!

When I'm not working I enjoy powerlifting.