[1] After graduating from Milwaukee Lutheran High School, Salaks attended the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee, where she majored in theater.
She is the author of Paw & Order: Dramatic Investigations of an Animal Cop on the Beat, released by BowTie Press in 2008.
Prior to joining the ASPCA in 1999, then-Agent Salaks was a mounted officer with the New York City Parks Department.
A portion of each sale is donated to American Humane Association, a national animal and child welfare organization.
On the 10th anniversary of the September 11 attacks, Salaks was interviewed by the Boston Globe for a story about Manhattan residents as they paused to remember that day.