Los Angeles, CA
Our Los Angeles team works in unbridled collaboration to raise money for their local chapter of The Street Dog Coalition. To donate to their efforts to provide free veterinary care to pets of people experiencing homelessness in Los Angeles, click here.
Team Leads:
Elizabeth Olken, DVM
Dr. Olken grew up between Upstate New York and Vermont and graduated from Skidmore College near Albany, NY with a bachelor's degree in Theater and Political Science, planning to pursue law school. After working as a paralegal in Manhattan after college, she decided to pursue the passion she had as a child, working with animals. She graduated with honors from Colorado State University College of Veterinary Medicine in 2022 and also holds a master's degree in animal welfare. Dr. Olken lives in Los Angeles with her pitbull mix Lou and her husband Dan. She enjoys the outdoors, the cello, volunteering, and spending time with her family in the LA area. She currently works as an associate veterinarian at VCA Brentwood Animal Hospital, in West LA.
Alice Corona
Alice Corona is a community advocate, artist, and Director of Member Services at The People Concern, where she is dedicated to supporting individuals experiencing homelessness and the pets they consider family. Through her leadership with TPC’s K9 Connections program, Alice helps create compassionate, low-barrier support systems that honor the profound bond between people and their animals.
Drawing from her background in community engagement, trauma-informed care for survivors of violence, and the development of holistic arts spaces, Alice brings a deeply human-centered and creative approach to outreach, healing, and partnership building. She believes that dignity, compassion, creativity, and connection are essential to individual and community wellness.
At the heart of her work is a commitment to uplifting the resilience, humanity, and voices of the people and pets she serves while fostering spaces rooted in empathy, belonging, and hope.
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