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Technician Assistants

Meet Our Vet Tech Assistants at South Metro Animal Emergency Care

Alyssa S.

Technician Assistant

Alyssa has been with SMAEC, on and off, for years, as life has taken her down many fortunate paths. She lives with her husband and their zoo. Alyssa works as a full-time 911-dispatcher, though she cannot lead a fully amazing life without contributing to the veterinary world.

Amber Z.

Technician Assistant

Amber has a Bachelor’s of Science in biology with a minor in psychology from the university of Stevens Point of Wisconsin. She has a special interest in avian and mammal wildlife rehabilitation. Outside of work she likes to go hiking and exploring with her two dogs, Shena and Shae.

Gerrit O.

Technician Assistant

Gerrit joined our team in 2022. He moved to Minnesota from Michigan, but still loves going back to Michigan and surrounding himself around his family and the beautiful lakes. He enjoys working with all cats & dogs and is working on getting more comfortable working with reptiles. In his spare time, Gerrit enjoys reading sci-fi books and being active.

Cindy P.

Technician Assistant

Cindy will be graduating this spring with an Associates Degree in Art at Inver Hill Community College. She plans to transfer over to the University of Minnesota or Augsburg University to major in biology or animal science. In her free time she volunteers at the Wild Life Rehabilitation Center in the mammal nursery. At home she has a 6 year old dog name Blue.

Irene M.

Technician Assistant

Irene has worked at SMAEC since 2011 and has been in the veterinary field since 1999. She enjoys working in a veterinary clinic as she feels that caring for clients and their pets is her life’s calling.

Julia C.

Veterinary Assistant

Julia joined our team in June 2023. She has been in the veterinary field for 3 years. She has a bachelors in zoology and wants to further her career by becoming a veterinarian. At home she has two domestic shorthairs, Calvin and Mission.

Dmitri H.

Technician Assistant

Dmitri is a graduate from UMND, majoring in French Studies. He has minors in Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, Linguistics, and TESOL, as well as a TESOL certificate. He is currently participating in the Penn Foster program to become a CVT, and has been part of the SMAEC team since 2020. At home, he is endlessly terrorized by two kittens Kili and Fili, who he absolutely adores!

Latyana S.

Technician Assistant

Latyana joined our team in April 2023. She started working in the veterinary field in 2020 as a CSR and fell in love quickly, advancing to a spot as an assistant. While having worked in general practice previously, emergency medicine is what she enjoys. She is currently going to Penn Foster to get her degree and become a CVT. She used to spend time at a horse rescue in Colorado and that is what sparked her desire to work with animals and look into going to tech school. She has two dogs at home, Aspen Thea and Skye Estelle.

Natalya L.

Technician Assistant

Natalya joined our team in January of 2024. She has been in the veterinary field under a year, but is finishing her undergrad as a pre-vet & biochemistry major. At home, she has 7 parakeets and 10 finches.

Sarah K.

Technician Assistant

Sarah joined the SMAEC team in March 2024. She has been in the veterinary field for about 6 years. At home she has 1 dog, Walter, and 1 cat, Sky. She is currently attending the University of Minnesota as an animal science major, in hopes of becoming a veterinarian one day. In her free time, she enjoys volunteering at the Wildlife Rehabilitation Center and at This Old Horse Farm.

Caroline N.

Technician Assistant

Caroline joined our team in September of 2024. She has been in the veterinary field for about a year and a half and is currently going to DCTC to become a certified veterinary technician. She is excited to learn anything she can that will help her be a better CVT in the future. At home she has a dog named Francis and two cats, Max and Rosie.

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