Today we’ll feel and experience Oxnard followed by an interview with wonderful Carolyn Mullin! A Miami native of Mexican American descent, Carolyn Merino Mullin has 20 years' worth of experience in the nonprofit sector. Her work has been featured in the LA & NY Times, Washington Post, Chicago Tribune, NPR, LA Weekly, Huffington Post, Bark Magazine, New Scientist, Artillery Magazine, Psychology Today, LA TV (CBS, FOX, ABC), and dozens of other media outlets. Carolyn has been with the Oxnard Performing Arts & Convention Center since 2017. Originally brought on to spearhead the Center’s Programming, she assumed the role of Executive Director during the height of City budget cuts, layoffs and proposed closure of the Center. Prior to working in Ventura County, Carolyn founded (2010) and later opened (2013) The Animal Museum in Los Angeles, the world’s first museum dedicated to exploring the human-animal bond with a dual focus on animal protection and human-animal studies. In Santa Barbara, CA, she served as the Associate Director for Casa Dolores, Center for the Study of the Popular Arts of Mexico. Carolyn earned her Bachelor’s in Religion Studies, with a focus in Religion & Nature, from the University of Florida and a Master’s in Nonprofit Management from Regis University in Denver, CO. She is a contributing author to The Art of the Animal (Lantern Books, 2015), Mourning Animals (Michigan State University Press), Defiant Daughters (Lantern Books, 2013), and Why Dogs Hump and Bees Get Depressed? (New World Library, 2013). A recipient of the Belton Mouras Grassroots Leadership Award, Mullin continues her welfare work for animals as a Board Member for My Dog is My Home, a national organization striving to keep individuals experiencing homelessness and their pets together. Carolyn will share with us what Oxnard feels like as a city! Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/maria.korpacheva.3 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/inthemoodforcalifornia/ Twitter: @InTheMoodForCA