Michelle Seidleman, is the chapter coordinator for Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, Portland Oregon. In addition she is a Vegan Animal Rights Activist, an Organizer for Empty the Tanks, as well as an organizer for multiple on going events & actions on behalf of the endangered Southern Resident Killer Whales. All this is Volunteer work, as she feels this is her reason for being. Michelle’s goal is to remove the veil of speciesism and encourage people to respect other sentient life and the earth as they do their own. When she isn’t working for the animals & the planet, she is running her successful Home Staging company of 15 years and hanging out with her husband Miguel and dog Luna