Gongjoo Paik grew up in New York City and studied veterinary medicine at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. After graduating in 2017, she decided to head to Chicago to pursue her career in small animal medicine, and has fallen in love with Chicago She has special interests in ophthalmology and surgery. In her spare time, Dr. Paik enjoys exploring new restaurants around the city with her husband Earl, spending time with her fur baby Kodi, playing board games/card games, sitting down with a good book or relaxing to a cool new Netflix or Korean TV show [citation].