Darlene has been with us since we opened in April 2008. Originally from Pittsburgh where she studied animal health technology, she has worked at the University of Pittsburgh in carcinogenic research and at their monkey breeding facility. She also worked at a small zoo and helped establish a veterinary clinic on the Army base in Aschaffenburg, Germany. She now lives on a farm in Goldvein, where she raises dairy goats. After retiring in April 2019, Darlene now works as our part-time bookkeeper [citation].