Joanne Krockenberger began her veterinary life in a mixed rural practice after graduating from The University of Sydney. She then ventured overseas to locum and travel for a year before settling in a small animal practice in Sydney where she has been working for the past 21 years. During this time she has completed many of the CVEs distance education courses and completed membership examinations in internal medicine. She is very excited working at the CVE assisting in production of the Control & Therapy publication.