MEET TEAM SOS ANIMALES!
Delaney grew up in Denver, Colorado, USA and holds a degree in interior design. She is passionate about wellbeing and holds multiple health and nutrition certifications and runs her own health coaching company, Happy Meets Healthy.
Delaney has experience in several different industries, including retail, weddings/event planning, management, catering, sales, interior design, teaching, and nutrition/life coaching.
Delaney fell in love with traveling when she was in her twenties. Her love and appreciation for other cultures persuaded her and her husband to decide to move to Nicaragua in 2017 without ever having visited before.
With every year of living in Nicaragua, Delaney’s awareness of animal neglect increased until she hit a point in November 2020 where she couldn’t watch the animals in this community be mistreated any longer without doing something about it. She began networking and communicating with the former animal relief program in the area, Ikigai Rescue and made a plan to start a new animal rescue organization from the ground up. Now we have SOS Animales Nicaragua and SOS Clinica Veterinaria!
Delaney Wray Griffin
Founder / Director
Marlie Perkins
Founder / Volunteer & Intern Coordinator
Marlie comes to us from the New England region of the United States where she spent her adolescence competitively horseback riding and working in stables. However, her passion for animals extends well beyond horses and led her to pursue dual degrees in Animal Behavior and Environmental Science from the University of New England.
After graduating as number one in her program in 2018, Marlie went on to work at the Rachel Carson National Wildlife Refuge in southern Maine as a seasonal biological technician. While working as a biologist, Marlie realized her passion for community outreach, which led her to accept a position at Wild Sun Rescue in Costa Rica as a Conservation Education intern. At Wild Sun, Marlie not only worked with the local community, but also spent over 50 hours a week working in the wildlife rehabilitation center.
Following a six-month stay in Costa Rica, Marlie returned to the Rachel Carson NWR to fill the position of Community Engagement Coordinator. However, Marlie deeply missed Central America and returned in January of 2020, this time to Nicaragua, where her need to be involved with helping animals led her to volunteer with Ikigai Animal Rescue. In November of 2020, Marlie and the rest of the team came together to form SOS Animales and you know the rest of the story!
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Marlie now also runs a horseback riding center in San Juan del Sur, Golden Vista Horseback Riding.
Abel is from the nearby community of Escamequita. He has worked in the field of animal rescue for the past few years. He has completed a technical course as a veterinary assistant and is currently enrolled in veterinary school.
Abel is passionate about making the world a better place for animals and spends about half of his work week doing community outreach and providing education for local families.
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In his free time Abel enjoys horseback riding and baseball.
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