Cathryn Rakich has been a writer and editor for thirty-plus years, working in the news and nonprofit world. She currently writes a monthly column on animals and animal welfare for a local magazine and holds a bachelor’s degree in journalism from Sacramento State University. In the thirty years she has volunteered for local animal rescue groups and shelters, she has fostered more than a hundred homeless pets and has recently founded Misfit Mutts, a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization dedicated to rescuing dogs who are not deemed adoptable and are at risk of euthanasia at animal shelters in the greater Sacramento area. Cathryn lives in Sacramento, California, with her husband, four rescue dogs, and four rescue cats.