From a young age I always loved animals! Growing up I always had animals in my life, from pet dogs and birds, to caring for a wild animals and nursing him back to health.
I has always been an animal lover.
I started my first job working with animals at 15 years old. I worked at a boarding and grooming facility. I learned many things about boarding, grooming, training and agility. At 17 I attended Great Lakes Academy Dog Grooming school.
I entered my first grooming competition while in school and won third place! Since then I was hooked. I competed in creative styling grooming competitions and won many awards for my creative designs, including the cover of Groomer to Groomer magazine and was even on Fox News in the morning with one of my creative grooms.
Later I pursued an even bigger goal of making GroomTeam. It’s like the Olympics of dog grooming. I was ranked one of the top 10 groomers in the country for GroomTeam for 6 years. I have won many awards including Best in Show, Best all Around Groomer, Best Scissor Dog Award, and was also nominated for a Groomer of the Year.
I have developed many skills in grooming including grooming cats, hand stripping, Show Grooming, and even showing my Kerry Blue in confirmation. I became a grooming manager and worked for over 12 years at a large and busy grooming shop.
With over 20 years of animal experience,
I am pursuing my dream of teaching others grooming skills, Holding Grooming Seminar‘s, and continuing education classes, and being the best dog groomer possible.
I am constantly in pursuit of gaining knowledge to perfect my grooming skills and care for our pets. I want to do the best I can in sharing that knowledge with others.
Hobbies include spending time with my dogs, agility, audiobooks, art, camping, hiking, and spending time with my family.