Zipora Allen

Zipora earned her B.A. in English at Lewis and Clark College in Portland, OR. She has worked in the non-profit sector at AIDS Action Committee of Massachusetts, The Jane Goodall Institute, South Africa Partners, and the Nelson Mandela Children’s Fund. She has been volunteering in animal shelters and on organic farms since she was a teenager and was a dog walker in Boston’s South End. She became interested in animal behavior while volunteering with monkeys at the Israeli Primate Sanctuary in Tel Aviv. Before joining the MSPCA-Angell Behavior Team in July 2021, Zipora worked in the preschool at the JCC of Greater Boston and ran her own dog-walking and pet-sitting business.