Mary Elena Moran has been a professional horseman for the last two decades alongside a rewarding career in law enforcement which has been primarily focused on mounted police instruction. Mary Elena is an internationally recognized mounted police instructor who has developed a program where rescued horses who were once slaughterbound are rehabilitated and trained to be police horses to be community ambassadors of the ultimate rescue transformation. She is an active clinician of horsemanship workshops for civilians, therapeutic program volunteers/staff, equine rescue volunteers, and also conducts programming for veterans and first responders. Aside from mounted police training, Mary Elena is focused on groundwork, dressage, liberty, bridleless riding, obstacle training and the sport of cowboy mounted shooting,
Mary Elena's passion lies in transforming the life of the underdog who was thrown away, proving the value of their life, and sharing their transformation story. She states, "after seeing their transformation, will others then believe, open their hearts with more acceptance and love, curiosity for why things are going wrong with their own horse and then develop relentless dedication to solve the puzzle so that there can be harmony in the partnership? Will they then support rescue? I hope to inspire it to be so."
Mary Elena holds a Masters Degree in Criminal Justice from John Jay College of Criminal Justice, is a Level 3 Harmony Horsemanship Certified Instructor, a practitioner of several equine body work therapies, is a Level 1 practitioner of Equine Facilitated Learning modalities: Natural Lifemanship with a Trauma Focus and Equine Experiential Education. When not riding, teaching, and managing her 6 rescue dogs, Mary Elena travels to Guatemala as a missionary.