Marjie Alonso is a former executive director of small international nonprofits, where she promoted evidence-based education, developed professional standards, and acted as a “civilian-to-scientist” facilitator in all things animal behavior and training. Marjie splits her time between Provincetown and Somerville, Massachusetts, where she can usually be found walking and pleading with her beagle to drop that. She writes a weekly Substack and essays for publication.