Carolyn Emery was born and raised in Falmouth, MA. She attended UMASS Amherst for Animal Science and then went to St. George’s University for veterinary school. After completing her education, she worked as a technician at CARE in Dennis and Marion Animal Hospital. She then pursued various internships and residencies, including a Cornell Externship in 2013, a rotating internship at NEAMC in 2014, a dermatology internship at GCVS in 2015, another dermatology internship at PVES in 2016, and a residency at UC Davis from 2017 to 2019. She also worked at Relief GP for 8 months from 2019 to 2020 and started her first dermatology job during the shutdown in SLC from 2020 to 2023. Currently, she is back home at CCVS [citation][4].