Dr. Reed grew up in Thousand Oaks, California and earned her undergraduate degree at the University of Oklahoma. She signed on for her first veterinary job as a Kennel Technician at a clinic in Norman during school, then took a position as an Assistant at another veterinary clinic, where she was able to work with everything from cats, dogs, and rabbits to chickens, goats, cattle, and even monkeys! Next, Dr. Reed headed to the Caribbean to attend Ross University’s School of Veterinary Medicine before finishing her clinical year at Colorado State University in Fort Collins. Finally, she moved back home to Southern California and signed on with the Valley Animal Hospital team in June of 2021.

Outside of work, Dr. Reed likes trail riding on horseback and going to the beach with her dogs. She has two canine companions—Dale, a Great Pyrenees/Border Collie mix who Dr. Reed adopted during her undergraduate studies, and an island dog from the Caribbean named Tito—as well as an orange tabby cat named Patrick and a dramatic Western Hognose snake, Gary.