MaryEllen K. Schoeman

MaryEllen K. Schoeman has a graduate degree in Conservation Biology from Miami University’s Advanced Inquiry Program (in partnership with San Diego Zoo Global) and a Zoology degree from Davidson-Davie Community College. She is also a wildlife rehabilitator with 20+ years experience in caring for native wildlife. She has worked with wildlife all over the world, including raising orphaned cheetahs in Africa and working in South America to return monkeys seized from the illegal pet trade back to the wild. Prior to devoting herself full-time to animals, she worked in the entertainment industry for studios including Paramount, HBO, and Spelling Television as a script analyst and Creative Executive. She and her husband live in tiny Seagrove, North Carolina, where she has founded Safe Harbor Farm and Rescue, an animal rescue that currently houses about two dozen animals including cows, goats, sheep, horses, emus, and a very judgemental wallaby.