About WILD FAITH RANCH
Our mission
Promoting mental health and personal growth through Equine Assisted Learning (EAL), one relationship at a time.
Here at Wild Faith Ranch, we incorporate horse activities such as horsemanship, social skills, equine science and personal development to teach skills and help each individual reach their own emotional, relational and spiritual goals.
Meet the Team
Rochelle Dahlberg
President & Founder
Growing up around horses her whole life, Rochelle Dahlberg – founder of Wild Faith Ranch – has personified her life’s passion with the love of horses. This passion presents itself through her EAL session leadership in helping to heal those who seek to engage.
With great skill, compassion and love, she helps partner human clientele with equine partners to frame and develop value-added skills that reveal a pathway to healing.
Rochelle began her EAL journey several years ago in an environment predominately of survivors of sex trafficking. Her passion and motivation have revolved around the deep desire that love be so displayed among these women that they feel alive, worthy and more than enough again.
Building on the programming intended specifically for these survivors, Rochelle has launched a life-building program available to anyone who wants to engage. She combines her horsemanship skills with the trust of her therapy horses to offer opportunities of healing, growth and change in the lives of those they serve.
Rochelle is also a wife, mother, mother-in-law and grandmother of twins, in whom each and every one is the light of her life.
Brenda Straubel
Vice President
Brenda Straubel is married to Steve Straubel, her college best friend, and is a mother of 4 and grandmother of 5. She lives in Salem Oregon and has worked as a mortgage loan officer for 17 years. Before that she worked in various insurance capacities since graduating from college.
She grew up on a farm with 5 horses, ducks with their own little pond, cattle, chickens including a mean rooster, pigs, and a super large garden. Their family lived off the land and whatever her dad was able to hunt for. She ended up raising her own family in the city, and still lives there today. She likes riding bikes, small intimate plays, visiting with kids and grandkids, hosting family events, studying God’s word, a hot latte with a good book, baking pies, and water sports.
If you found Brenda in her happy place, she would be surrounded with family eating delightful food, laughing, telling stories, praying together and enjoying one another with lots of hugs and kisses.
Hannah Rideout
Secretary & Treasurer
Homeschooled til high school, Hannah spent much of her childhood learning alongside horses. Prior to becoming a graduate from Bellingham High in 2017, she started many welcome programs within the Whatcom County high schools. That fight for good has never left her heart.
She started riding horses at the age of 12 to spend time with her mom, only to later realize that it healed her from the inside out and filled her with joy. This personal experience, partnered with a passion to provide similar peace others is why she supports Wild Faith and their mission. She hopes that through her service to WFR, she can leave the world aa better place for her daughters and encourage them to carry forward that dream.