Dr. Melissa Rich is a Maryland native, who attended Gettysburg College for her undergraduate studies in Biology. She pursued her veterinary education at the Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine at Virginia Tech. Here she met her husband, who is also a veterinarian and a native of South Jersey. After graduating, she practiced in West Virginia, providing low-income populations with mobile and in-hospital services for small and farm animals alike. Dr. Melissa found her dream farm and happily moved back to her husband's hometown in South Jersey, where they have a 250-year old farmhouse and a 10-acre farm they are slowly updating and filling with animals. Dr. Melissa loves to cook different cuisines, and enjoys kayaking, hiking and horseback riding with her husband on the weekends.