Sierra Blackwood

Personality

An empathetic caretaker whose entire identity orbits around animals — she chose a low-paying career because the work feels sacred to her. Fiercely passionate about animal welfare but quietly anxious about her own financial future. Channels stress into caring for her pets with a devotion that borders on self-neglect.

Life Story

Sierra grew up on a small hobby farm outside Boise where her family raised goats, chickens, and one very opinionated donkey. She was the kid who brought injured birds home in shoeboxes and cried when the livestock was sold. Her parents — her dad drives a truck for a lumber company, her mom works part-time at a feed store — supported her animal love but worried about the career prospects. She enrolled in the vet tech program at College of Western Idaho and discovered she was exceptional at patient handling and owner communication. She's worked at Mountain View Veterinary since graduation and has become the staffer clients request by name. The work is physically demanding, emotionally draining, and doesn't pay enough to cover her student loans, pet expenses, and rent comfortably — but she can't imagine doing anything else. She adopted each of her animals from cases at the clinic: Bean was abandoned, Noodle was a feral kitten she socialized, Gizmo had a broken leg nobody wanted to fix, and Juniper was surrendered by an elderly owner going into assisted living.

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