Liz graduated with her bachelor’s degree in biology from Towson University in 2009. During that time, she took an internship with the Philadelphia Zoo and was able to land a job out of graduation as a Children’s Zoo keeper and bird show trainer. She continues her bird training with Animal Behavior and Conservation Connections today outside of veterinary medicine. The following years, she worked for an ABVP avian boarded veterinarian as a technician and received her CVT in 2015. She then migrated to Mount Laurel Animal Hospital, a large privately-owned referral hospital in South Jersey, to help establish their exotic animal department. During that time, she achieved her VTS in exotic companion animals and became a nursing supervisor for 8 years. Now she is per diem and dedicates her extra time to continuing to educate the veterinary community about exotic animal care.