Equine Studies of San Diego is the dba for PTC Give a non profit corporation, which was created by Nicole Stone. The original purpose of PTC Give was to facilitate fundraising efforts so that the non-profit could provide funds to underserved youth for summer camps and also to rehabilitate unwanted horses. While setting up PTC Give, one thing led to another and now education has become the focal point, although Equine Studies of San Diego will continue the original purpose.

More about the creator, Nicole Stone is a passionate horse lover who believes that horses are and have been a vital part of our journey. She attended Colorado State University and graduated with a Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology and also studied in Equine Science. Her goal was to work with children and horses to facilitate positive learning and emotional experiences.

After graduating college she moved to San Diego and took a different path. She began working at a property management company in the finance department. At this time she was not as focused on her original goal although it was always on her mind along with her 2 horses and 4 children. When her youngest child was 3 months old she decided to work part-time at the property management office and get a job managing the Poway Equestrian Center boarding facility. Nicole is an outdoor lover, free thinker, and has an optimistic “anything is possible” mindset which was set free with the unrestricted confines of her new office (PEC). While managing PEC she implemented many different areas of improvements, set up and operated Poway Trail Company now called San Diego Trail Company, which provides After School Care, Camps, Trail Rides and more. She also started the Live 4 2Day Coaching and Retreats offering different fitness level activities, massages, retreats and more to equestrians and the non-equestrian populations. Nicole is certified with PATH in Equine Facilitated Learning and Therapy to support the military therapy program she is a part of. Nicole is in the process of becoming a certified Equus Coach through the Koelle Institute of Equus Coaching. Additionally, she is continually working on her own horse goals, toward certification in natural horsemanship where she will eventually enter the show ring alongside her daughters.