Tricia Shields, the founder of Compassion Rising, is a vegan mom and wife, an animal rights activist, author and entrepreneur. She has owned and operated a licensed childcare program for almost 4 years and transformed it to a vegan program in January of 2022. Prior to that, Tricia worked in the healthcare industry for 16 years.

It was a sudden Awakening that inspired the idea that has become Compassion Rising. Tricia envisions a vegan world where families, preschools and child care programs are given a safe space to nurture that seed of compassion, which she believes, is innate within each and every child.