Making a difference in the community.

Founder of ADEF, an NYPD Law Enforcement Officer working in the Domestic Violence Unit in the Bronx, NY. A breast cancer diagnosis and life-saving but soul-depleting therapies in 2015 left her destitute both emotionally and financially. Knowing she couldn’t give in, Patrece found the motivation to persevere from her son by way of an unexpected source, HORSES! A gift certificate for a single riding lesson, a bucket list item, changed everything. Riding horses provided Patrece with a sense of relief and hope that she hadn’t imagined possible, and soon exhausting uncertainties gave way to a sense of stillness and peace.

Shares a love and passion for animals since a young age, so falling in love with horses was just easy. Chase began his journey at the barn at the age of 5 and has been engulfed in the world of an equestrian.