Tia Torres
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About
Founder of the United States' largest pit bull animal shelter Villalobos Rescue Center who stars on the Animal Planet reality series Pit Bulls & Parolees. She initially opened the shelter in California before relocating to New Orleans, Louisiana.
Before Fame
She left home when she was 17 years old with a plethora of pets ranging from horses to a goat to dogs. She was previously a truck driver and would serve in the US Army.
Trivia
After the Army, she worked as a youth gang counselor.
Family Life
She comes from a broken home in California, and was raised by her stepmother. She has daughters named Tania and Mariah and later adopted twin Hawaiian boys named Kanani and Keli'i. She married Aren Marcus Jackson.
Associated With
She was a guest on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart in 2014.
