Guest
Jean Alfieri
Jean Alfieri is a Colorado Springs–based author, speaker, and champion of shelter animals—especially pugs. With nearly three decades in human resources and organizational development, she blends her corporate experience with her passion for storytelling to create heartfelt children’s poetry, guided journals, and animal-loving programs .
Best known for her beloved Zuggy the Rescue Pug series, Jean weaves short-story poems and illustrated tales inspired by her own rescue pugs. She began writing when her first rescue pug passed away, journaling memories that eventually blossomed into books; the series now includes titles like Four on the Floor, Bellyache Blues, Adoption Day, uplifted by the energy of her mischievous muse, Zuggy