I left the Northwest to follow the family tradition of education in New England. I completed degrees at Brown University in premedical biology and postmodernist film production, and received my Doctor of Veterinary Medicine at Tufts University 2002. I completed equine externships with John Nolan and Kent Allen in Middleburg, VA, at CCI**** events pre-Sydney Olympics, at Palm Beach Equine Clinic at Palm Beach Polo Club, and in England and Argentina under some of the top vets in those nations. After graduation, I continued to work alongside FEI vets at international level competitions in jumping, dressage, eventing, and reining.