Jennifer was born in Nevada and grew up in Hawaii and Nevada. She received her Animal Science degree from the University of Reno, Nevada, and her Doctorate of Veterinary Medicine from Colorado State University. She has practiced veterinary medicine in Nevada since then. You might recognize her maiden name, Schefcik, from when she practiced for 2 years here at Dayton Valley Veterinary Hospital right out of vet school. Her special interests in veterinary medicine are preventative medicine, internal medicine, and soft tissue surgery. Jennifer is married to her husband Travis and they have 2 spunky boys named Arthur and James. To complete the family, there is a cat named Kami, a black lab named Kona, a border collie named Jack, and a horse named Vision [citation].