Teacher Mom and daughter duo

About this sitter

I work as a coordinator for a 18Plus educational program outside of Dallas, Texas. In addition to teaching vocational and post secondary skills to students ranging from 18-23 years old, I coach my daughter’s Special Olympics Track, Pickle Ball and Swim teams, enjoy rehabbing dogs from local shelters. My daughter is an adult with Autism and is active during the school year with volunteering at our local Food bank, Goodwill and Meals on Wheels.
We have home sat in Austin around 5 years ago and in Durham, NC, 4 years ago for 6 weeks in addition to 2 weeks in downtown Houston 2 summers ago where we dogsat a visually impaired pup.
During our stays we have a positive impact on the residents and the beautiful cities we visit as we normally try to invest sweat equity as volunteers in charities we endorse.

Why they want to house sit

Sabrina and I love to travel, enjoy animals (we have 2 fur bunnies, an adventurous cat and a lively dog, all staying at home with my husband during our summer adventure). We also like to meet new people and maximize life experiences by getting out of comfort zone and seeing the world.

Their experience

We have 2 weeks in Austin as a house sitting, dog engaging specialist and keeping an eye on a granny (she spoke zero English while I spoke zero Mandarin) yet we communicated well enough to convey simple messages.
We also house sat a cat, house and small veggie garden in Durham, NC for 6 weeks in 2018. That was awesome and we really loved getting my daughter, Sabrina, involved with the Chapel Hill SO swim team, volunteering at Extraordinary Ventures and a week long opportunity at the Ryleigh school for the blind college transition program. Two years ago, we split our summer between two in state house-sits: Houston and Austin. Both families had a small dog we really enjoyed taking on walks to local parks or in the neighborhood. One of the puppies was visually impaired and we learned how to maximize his safety and ease of mobility in and outside of his beautiful home. It was a unique situation I will always cherish.

What can they bring to the assignment

We are always mindful of safety for ourselves, the homes we caretake, the animals we are entrusted to parent and the communities that we step into. We are also neat, clean and conscientious of others’ belongings.