Laura Smith, BA, AA, Bookkeeper

1. Where did you grow up?
   Virginia, Illinois, Germany (3 times as a child), Kansas
   5 different schools from K-12
2. Where did you go to school? Any degrees?
   AA from University of Maryland, Munich
   BA in International Studies from the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh
   
3. How did you develop a passion for the healing power of animals?
   Watching the reaction of military members and veterans when animals visited them at
   Landstuhl Regional Medical Center in Germany
   
4. What do you do for Utah Pet Partners?
   Bookkeeper
   
5. What’s your day job?
   Bookkeeper for three local non-profits
   Repertory Dance Theatre – a professional modern dance company
   Wasatch Adaptive Sports – providing recreational opportunities for adaptive individuals
   Utah Pet Partners
   
6. Tell briefly about your family and hobbies.
   Husband – Stephen – Air Force veteran, corporate pilot for Sinclair Oil and mountain
   host at Snowbird Ski Resort
   Daughter -Madeline – Research assistant at Perfectus Biomed in Jackson, WY
   Son – Nicholas - Attending the University of North Dakota studying Air Traffic Control
   
   Hobbies: Hiking, biking, skiing, reading, volunteering and traveling