Kettie was born in Orlando, Florida and spent the first four years of her life living in South Africa. From there, she lived off and on in Tillamook, on the beach. Kettie graduated from the PCC veterinary technician program in 1996 and has been in the field ever since. She has been at VCA SEPAH since 2012 ,and has worked almost every job in this hospital. In 2017, she became the technician team lead, and loves working with the team in this hospital. As of September 2019, she was promoted to Hospital manger and is looking forward to learning new skills in the amazing field of Veterinary medicine.

In her free time, Kettie loves being in the great outdoors, camping, hiking and rafting. She has a crazy Boxer dog who is her best friend, and just recently adopted an old English Bulldog puppy.