Cassandra grew up in San Luis Obispo, CA and spent all of her spare time riding and showing horses. She had a competitive junior riding career showing in Hunter/Jumper and 3-Day Eventing. 

When it became time to decide a career path, she took her passion for animals and medicine and enrolled in a veterinary technician degree program. She became a Registered Veterinary Technician in 2017 and has worked in both large animal and small animal practices. She has worked in both general practice and emergency/speciality hospitals. 

She currently lives in Napa with her husband and 2 kids and a variety of animals on their ranch. She has dogs, cats, horses, chickens, goats, and bunnies. 

Outside of work, she is still actively involved in riding horses, mostly enjoying Dressage and trail riding with her personal horse, Jimmy. 

But, over the years, she has also had several project horses, starting them under saddle or taking horses off the racetrack to retain and resell for a new purpose. 

She loves learning about new ways to help animals and is excited to be a part of the Napa Valley Holistic Vet team.