Action For Animals was founded in 1992 by Lauren Ornelas while she was a student at St. Edwards University, here in Austin.
Lauren was an activist at an early age, when she founded an animals rights group at her elementary school. Since then she has established many organizations at schools she was attending, including the St. Edwards Animals Rights Society, which continued as Action For Animals after she graduated.
While Lauren is no longer in Austin, she continues to make her mark within the animal rights movement. For many years she served as executive director of Viva! USA. In 2006 she founded The Food Empowerment Project, and now serves on their board of directors.
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