ES: I would love to own a Chick-fil-A
so I could help more families in need
by providing food and be able to
participate in more events.
PCT: What is your definition of the
best day ever?
ES: Watching someone in your life
have happiness due to something in
their lives.
PCT: What is the best advice you
would give?
ES: Be willing to do something small
to change someone else’s life for the
better.
PCT: What is the coolest thing you
have ever done?
ES: I spent six weeks in Belize explor-
ing and learning the area.
Kenzi Montgomery
Kenzi is the Senior Animal Care
Specialist at the WPCAS
sheltering I worked at vet clinics.
That was a very rewarding and satis-
fying career as well, but how I came
to realize where I knew I needed to
be was from a personal experience
that left a bad impression of animal
shelters on me. Someone finally
mentioned to me that the best way
for me to handle that would be for
me to get involved with a shelter and
help make the changes I felt neces-
sary. I got the job and was blessed to
get to work with a couple of really
fantastic people. A couple of years
later there was an opening here in
Weatherford and I jumped on the
opportunity. Weatherford Parker
County Animal Shelter is one of the
most innovative shelters in our state
and I am proud to be a part of it.
PCT: What is your favorite novel?
KM: I won’t lie, I haven’t sat down
and read a novel in a very long time
but the last one I really remember
enjoying was called Calico Captive.
It is full of adventure, love, hardship
and overcoming what life throws
your way. At least that’s what I took
from it. And, it’s based on an actual
narrative diary published in 1807.
PCT: What do you do to decompress?
KM: Listening to music has always
helped me decompress, there’s noth-
ing better than a good play list. Of
course spending a peaceful couple
of hours outside listening to Mother
Nature helps too. And I would always
recommend having your fur babies
by your side while doing this.
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Parker County Today: How did you
get into your occupation?
KM: Animal sheltering isn’t some-
thing I had ever really thought of
when I was a child and trying to
decide where my career should go.
I’ve always known I love animals
and before becoming involved with
PCT: What is something people don’t
know about you?
KM: I would have to go with the fact
that I have recently begun to look
into how we could go about getting
a pet friendly domestic violence
shelter locally. I was sent a link that
announced the opening of PALS
Place, a seven-story shelter designed
and outfitted for survivor-pet
co-living. This supports a cause very
near to my heart and I would like
nothing more than to be able to bring
this type of support to those in need.
PCT: What would you most like to be
remembered for?
KM: I would like to be remembered
for the care and compassion I have
for people and animals. I would hope
to be remembered as a great mom,
daughter, sister and friend.
PCT: What is your favorite way to
pay it forward?
KM: Paying it forward to me can
be accomplished in everyday tasks
just by reminding yourself that you
never know what people have been
through today. Another way I like to
give back is by planning and organiz-
ing small things in the community
such as free microchip clinics or
educational booths to bring aware-
ness and tips for responsible pet
ownership in our community.
PCT: Who would you most like to
have lunch with, living or deceased?
KM: Benjamin Franklin! Not only was
he a great inventor, but it was said
that he had quite the sense of humor.
I’m sure that dinner would prove to
be an interesting one.
PCT: If you weren’t doing the job you
are doing now, you would be....
KM: I’m not real sure what I would
be doing, but a travel journalist or a
food critic sounds great to me. I love
food and I love to travel.
PCT: What is your definition of your
best day ever?
KM: My best day ever would be a
day spent with my boyfriend and all
of our children (there’s 7 in all!) And
this day would preferably be at a
large body of water (like the ocean,
lake or even a river) or in the moun-
tains and we would be surrounded by
our family and friends.
PCT: What is the best piece of advice
you would give?
KM: Live life to the fullest and never
regret a day in your life. Good days
give happiness, bad days give experi-
ence, worst days give lessons and
best days give memories!
PCT: What is the coolest thing you
have ever done?
KM: I think all of my excursions have
been pretty cool but I would say the
coolest by far is motherhood. My
children are my world and I wouldn’t
trade one moment of it!