NICOLE SMILEY

RECEPTIONIST

NICOLE HAS WORKED IN THE VETERINARY FIELD FOR OVER 20 YEARS. SHE STARTED AS A KENNEL WORKER IN A SMALL CLINIC IN PLANO WHEN SHE WAS 15. SHE IS OWNED BY 1 CAT, NAMED LOVEBUG. IN HER FREE TIME, SHE LOVES TO SPEND TIME WITH HER HUSBAND AND 3 CHILDREN. NICOLE IS AN AVID READER, AND BELONGS TO A BOOK CLUB FOUNDED BY AUTHORS. SHE ALSO LOVES TO VOLUNTEER IN HER COMMUNITY. NICOLE CURRENTLY TEACHES SUNDAY SCHOOL TO KINDERGARTNERS AND ESL TO ADULTS.

SONIA ALVAREZ

RECEPTIONIST

SONIA GRADUATED FROM TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY WITH A BACHELOR'S DEGREE IN WILDLIFE AND FISHERIES SCIENCES. SHE IS PASSIONATE ABOUT HELPING PETS AND THEIR PARENTS LIVE A HAPPY AND HEALTHY LIFE TOGETHER. SONIA SHARES HER HOME WITH A HOLLAND LOP (HUMPHREY), HER ENGLISH LAB (GUSTAVO), AND HER LAB MIX (LUCERO). SONIA'S DREAM VACATION WOULD BE VOLUNTEERING AT THE BUNNY HOUSE AT THE BEST FRIENDS ANIMAL SANCTUARY IN UTAH. WHEN SHE IS NOT PAMPERING HER BUNNY, SHE ENJOYS SPENDING TIME OUTDOORS APPRECIATING NATURE AND ITS WILDLIFE. 

JIMMY HAYLEY

PRACTICE MANAGER

JIMMY IS A BORN AND RAISED TEXAN WHO GREW UP AROUND ANIMALS ON A RANCH IN SOUTH TEXAS. HE HAS BEEN WORKING IN THE VETERINARY FIELD SINCE 2000, AND HE HE ENJOYS WORKING WITH ANIMALS BECAUSE OF THE BOND HE FORMS WITH BOTH THE CLIENT AND THEIR PETS. JIMMY STARTED WORKING AT VICTORY BARK IN OCTOBER OF 2017 AS THE PRACTICE MANAGER. IN HIS FREE TIME HE ENJOYS SPENDING TIME OUTDOORS, AND BEING WITH HIS FAMILY.

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ABBEY LAMB

TECHNICIAN

ABBEY HAS BEEN IN THE MEDICAL FIELD FOR OVER TWENTY YEARS. HER VERY FIRST JOB AT AGE 18 WAS AT A VETERINARY CLINIC WORKING AS A KENNEL ATTENDANT AND VETERINARY TECHNICIAN WHILE GOING TO SCHOOL TO GET HER MEDICAL ASSISTING DEGREE. SHE THEN WORKED ON THE "HUMAN SIDE" FOR 7 YEARS AS AN MA. ALTHOUGH IT WAS A WONDERFUL LEARNING EXPERIENCE, HER PASSION FOR ANIMAL CARE LURED HER BACK TO VETERINARY MEDICINE WHERE SHE HAS WORKED WITH DR. RUTH FOR OVER 10 YEARS. HER HARD WORK, DEDICATION, KNOWLEDGE AND LOYALTY SECURED HER A POSITION AS ONE OF THE FOUNDING MEMBERS OF THE VICTORY BARK VETERINARY CLINIC TEAM. IN HER FREE TIME SHE ENJOYS SPENDING TIME WITH HER 11 YEAR OLD SON AND SINGING KARAOKE.

ADAM BRONSON

VETERINARY STUDENT

ADAM HAS BEEN WORKING IN THE VETERINARY FIELD UNDER DR. RUTH SINCE 2014. HE TRULY ENJOYS THE ABILITY TO MAKE THE PETS THAT COME INTO THE PRACTICE AS COMFORTABLE AS POSSIBLE. AFTER TWO YEARS IN GENERAL PRACTICE, ADAM FELT THAT HE WANTED TO EXPAND HIS KNOWLEDGE OF MEDICINE, SPECIFICALLY IN ONCOLOGY, SO HE ATTENDED A JOB AT THE VETERINARY SPECIALISTS OF NORTH TEXAS WHERE HE PRIMARILY WORKS IN THE MEDICAL ONCOLOGY DEPARTMENT ASSISTING WITH CHEMOTHERAPY ADMINISTRATION AND STAGING. CURRENTLY, ADAM IS ATTENDING OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY (GO POKES!) WHERE HE WILL GRADUATE WITH A DEGREE IN MICROBIOLOGY/CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY. HE HOPES TO CONTINUE HIS CAREER IN VETERINARY SCHOOL FOLLOWING GRADUATION. IN HIS FREE TIME, ADAM ENJOYS FLY FISHING, RUNNING, AND SPENDING TIME WITH FRIENDS AND FAMILY. HE CANT WAIT TO SEE YOU AND YOUR PETS!