The Team
Who We Are
Angelica Manzo
General Manager
Angel grew up in a family of animal lovers, constantly surrounded by various species of animals. There was not a time that her childhood home didn't have a few pets. She was given her first dog, Daisy at 2 years old who was her best friend for the following 14 years. Her first pets once she left home, were her cat Jordan, and her dog Riley, and they have been her whole world for the past 9 years.
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Graduating from UTEP with a degree in Criminal Justice and Psychology, Angel would have never imagined being where she is today. Despite always wanting to work with animals she held back from following her dream. After falling in love with Austin during a weekend visit, she relocated with her two fur babies and girlfriend. It was the perfect place for a dog mom! While searching for jobs she discovered a job listing for Jackie's Play & Stay and just knew she had to apply. It was the best decision she could make and not only does she love coming to work, but so does her pup Riley who has made lots of friends in the process!
Drake
Assistant Manager
Drake started his love and obsession with animals from a young age. He had a lot of various pets growing up, or as many as a military family lifestyle would allow, but always had an affinity for dogs! Throughout his childhood he spent time volunteering at various shelters, or even petsitting for extra summer money, just to spend more time with pups. With that, his passion for taking care of pups grew, but got put on the back burner when he went off for his Associates in Criminal Justice.
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After some schooling, Drake couldn’t shake the feeling that he needed to go back to working with animals. He began looking for places around, eventually landing himself an interview here at Jackies for a Kennel Tech position nearly 40 miles away from where he was currently living in San Marcos. He fell in love with the dogs, as well as the unmet passion the other team members had for animals as well, and knew this was where he belonged.
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He moved his Fiancé, along with his troop of pets to Austin, and has been with the Jackie’s crew ever since. Joined usually by his pups Sage and Aspen, you can most often find him spoiling the other pups around the facility with cuddles and baby talk aplenty!
Sylena Guzman
Assistant Manager
Bio coming soon!
