Dr. Cristina Catasus earned her DVM from the University of Tennessee in 2011. She completed veterinary internships at the New Jersey Equine Clinic from 2011 to 2012 and the Miami Seaquarium from 2012 to 2013. She then worked in mixed animal private practice from 2013 to 2020 and has since been in small animal corporate practice. Since 2018, she has also served as a Relief Veterinarian for the National Marine Mammal Foundation.