Community Service

For the past 12 years, I’ve volunteered with Niagara Frontier Search and Rescue Team, an experience that has profoundly shaped my approach to coaching and to life. My service has included dedicated work as a canine handler, responding to missing person cases throughout the region. This role requires deep commitment, ongoing training, and an unshakeable level of trust between human and dog. Together, we search for those who cannot call out for themselves—families in distress, individuals in crisis, and community members who need to be found.

Search and rescue work requires calm under pressure, teamwork, emotional steadiness, and the ability to bring hope into situations where people feel lost—both literally and figuratively.  

As a canine handler, every mission calls for precision, teamwork, emotional steadiness, and heart.

In the field, every mission matters. Every person matters. And every moment requires presence, grit, and heart.

This work has strengthened my belief that no one is ever truly “too far gone” or “too lost” to find their way back. Whether someone needs grounding, direction, or a safe place to steady themselves, the principles I’ve learned—resilience, patience, clarity, and unwavering support—inform everything I do as a coach.