“I was living the fast life in N.Y.C. and working as an event planner for several years before the stress and monotony started to take its toll. I began to realize that doing the same thing day in and day out was not for me, and I was tired of working so hard to further someone else’s dream,” she told PEOPLE.

The spark of her new life started when she ditched the Mercedes and adopted two rescue goats.

“I was hooked and quickly realized that my heart was being drawn in a new direction. I decided to quit my job to do some soul searching and immediately found myself involved with farm animal rescue,” she added.

Today, Lauricella runs Goats of Anarchy (GOA), an animal rescue in New Jersey that specializes in being a safe haven for special needs baby goats.

As Lauricella’s operation continues to grow, she is celebrating the goats she has helped save through Goats of Anarchy, the same animals that saved her, with a book that shares its name with her rescue, Goats of Anarchy.