Meet our Team

Tim has had a lifelong passion for a wide variety of animals. From a very young age, he has had many reptiles and invertabrates that he has kept and bred. He has been a Veterinary Technician for ten years, and has contributed to many entomological studies involving scorpions, tarantulas, and many other small arachnids such as mites and pseudoscorpions. In his freetime, he likes to shoot portrait photography and spend time with his daughter Zoey, going camping, hiking, and looking for reptiles and bugs to photograph. 

Samantha was born and raised in Gilbert, Arizona, graduated Perry High School, and received an athletic scholarship to play goalkeeper for Northern Arizona University’s Women's Soccer Team where she studied biology and herpetology. She has always had a passion for animals, especially reptiles, and ever since she was little, her dad helped her explore her passions while hiking and hunting, respecting nature and its wildlife, and never taking anything for granted. She has been in the veterinary field for 8 years and has fallen in love with exotic animal medicine. Samantha is currently back in school working on her CVT. She has worked with a variety of reptiles, but her family includes two Rhinoceros iguanas, Stevie and Peanut, her T+ Argentine boa, Renegade, and her Leachianus gecko, Gandalf. Her passion has been raising her high content wolfdog, Fell, going on adventures and educating the public on wolfdogs and wolf conservation in her “free” time. On her days off, you can find her on the trails with her dogs, kayaking with her wife, or camping and enjoying nature.

Madison grew up in Mesa, Arizona and received her bachelor’s degree at Arizona State University in conservation biology and ecology. A few years after, she received her master’s degree in animal behavior at the University of St. Andrews in Scotland. Currently she is pursuing her goal of becoming an exotic/wildlife veterinarian by applying to veterinary schools. Animal welfare and wildlife rehabilitation are two fields that she is extremely passionate about. She currently volunteers at Liberty Wildlife as a team lead for the Owl Team. She has also volunteered at multiple other rehabilitation sites around the world including the Pacific Marine Mammal Center in California, Animals Asia at the China Bear Rescue Center in Chengdu, China, and Rescate Wildlife Rescue Center in Costa Rica. When she is not at work she spends quality time with her three cats, Steve, BB, and Derik. Additionally, her hobbies are reading, hiking, and wildlife photography.

Jocilyn was born in Newark, Delaware, but raised in Arizona. She has always had a passion for animals, bringing stray cats into her home, feeding baby birds, and taking care of her family’s animals; she grew up with the passion and drive to help animals. Jocilyn graduated from McClintock High School and EVIT with a certificate in veterinary assisting back in 2019. During that time, she did an externship at Southwest Wildlife where her responsibilities included feeding javelina and assisting in procedures for bobcats and coyotes. She has her Associate of Applied Science Degree from MCC and is currently going to school for sonography to better understand and treat diseases, or problems, through sound waves. After starting her veterinary career working at an emergency small animal hospital, she thrived for more, and wanted to be able to understand and help more animal species, which brought her to join the AEAC family. When she is not working at one of her two jobs, Jocilyn enjoys spending time with the loves of her life: her two Dwarf Lion-head Dutch bunnies, a Kenyan Sand Boa, two cats, a husky mix, and her baby boy chihuahua, Prancer. She also enjoys spending her free time painting, and spending quality time with her boyfriend Lorenzo.

Emma is an Arizona native, working on obtaining a B.S. in biological sciences, as well as minors in both business and counseling psychology at Arizona State University. She lives in Tempe with her grandmother and a boisterous flock of rescued parrots that inhabit the large indoor and outdoor flight aviaries on her property. Emma holds strong interests in captive avian welfare and behavior analysis; and is studying to take the CPBT-KA exam in order to become a certified avian behavior specialist and trainer. She also has a strong passion for pet-loss grief support and counseling; and she aspires to one day open her own mobile home-euthanasia veterinary practice. In her free time, Emma authors and manages multiple grants for a local wildlife sanctuary, and volunteers for "NOMV" (Not One More Vet), an organization fighting the high suicide rates in the veterinary field.

Bailey grew up in Arizona with a strong passion for animals and veterinary medicine. She received an associate degree in veterinary medicine in December 2019 and worked in small animal practices for over 3 years before finding her true passion in exotics. Some of her favorite animals include corgis and birds, namely Quakers and amazon's. At home, Bailey has 2 dogs, Ellie and Miso, 2 Quaker parrots, Inosuke and Sake, an Indian ringneck parrot named Wasabi and a leopard gecko named Shrimp. Outside of vet medicine, Bailey loves reading, averaging about a book a day, and enjoys plants, video games, and anime.