Tanya grew up in a family of nine kids in the state of Nebraska. She was the eldest girl and number two in line. She set her career goal to be a veterinarian in the third grade and stuck to it! Tanya graduated from the University of Minnesota with her DVM in 1982.
Tim and Tanya moved around alittle bit in the midwest before settling in Moses Lake. They raised two children, Stacey and Scott. They opened Animal World Veterinary Clinic in May of 1988.