Patty Dobbs Gross Author

Patty Dobbs Gross, the Executive Director of The North Star Foundation, a nonprofit organization whose mission is to place high quality assistance dogs with children who face special challenges at an affordable price, is an approved service animal consultant. Patty earned her BA from the University of Massachusetts in Psychology and her Master's degree from the University of New Hampshire in writing; she is both a published author (Dancing in the Rain) as well as an award winning producer of television programs (Northern Lights & Raising Your North Star) that document the groundbreaking work being accomplished at North Star. Patty has compiled research on canine behavioral genetics, Animal-Assisted Therapy and children with autism.