Research and Working EQ

Content:

(1)  What is your working EQ?
My working essential question is:
How do you get people to be responsible pet owners?

(2)  What is a possible answer to your working EQ?

•  Making them and potential pet owners aware of the number of animals that are brought to the shelter (stats), and laying out all the possible reasoning of why that happens
• Teach them the basics of what makes a responsible pet owner
• Also make them aware of puppy mills and why not to buy "pure" breed dogs

(3)  What is the most important source you have used that has helped you come up with an answer to your working EQ? 
The most important source I've used that has helped me come up with an answer to my working essential question most definitely has to be my volunteer work at the shelter. Some of the stories and backgrounds I've heard of the animals and how they ended up there are really something. My first interview was also very essential, because that's where the question was created. Officer Murphy is an HLE Officer himself, so hearing first hand stories was helpful.

(4)  Who is your mentor, or where are you volunteering, and how does what you are doing relate to your working EQ?
My mentor is Elana Blum, who is the humane educator and pet therapy coordinator at the Pasadena Humane Society. This relates to my working EQ because, as I said, I get to hear and interact with some animals that really have a story to tell. Also because I've been volunteering at the shelter, I'm able to ask question s and talk to different staff members, which all share the same passion for help these animals out.