Handlers & Assistants

Like many Austinites, Andy was born in California, but spent most of his young life movingbetween California and Texas. This included time spent on Fort Hood, in Killeen. Early on in hiscareer, Andy spent some time working as a first responder, working in EMS. He switched gears,ending up in logistics management for multiple years. Now…

Kaetlyn grew up in Germany and China and ended up in Austin at the end of 2019. She hasloved animals since a very young age, and has since become very interested in veterinarymedicine. She is so happy to expand her skill and knowledge in her kennel position and hopes toone day move into a technician…

Tiny but mighty, Lesslie is a proud Texas native, born and raised in Fort Cavazos. She earned herB.S. in Advertising with a minor in Media Studies from Texas State University. Lesslie’s love for animals has been a lifelong passion. Before cable-cutting was a thing, she wasglued to Animal Planet, collected zoo books, and did her…

Alex is native Austinite that graduated from Akins High School. He has always been interested in working with animals and participated in the veterinary intern program there. Currently, he’s going to school at Texas A&M, where he is studying Wildlife and Fisheries. He, ultimately, would like to end up working as a zoologist after graduation….

America grew up in the Austin area and graduated from Lehman High School in 2021. It’s always been her goal to work with animals, and she is starting her veterinary journey as part of our kennel team. She acknowledges her work as messy and important and loves that she gets to help animals every day….

Tina is one of those rare humans who was born and raised in Austin, TX! She has always been around animals since she was young, but what piqued her interest in veterinary medicine was her high school veterinary program and FFA. Tina is currently studying Biology at the University of Texas and plans to apply…