Veterinarian Overview
Dr. Jessica Levy grew up in Mill Valley, California, and spent her childhood running wild in the woods and having poison ivy all the time. In the mid 70s, her family moved to Israel. She lived in Jerusalem, attended middle school and high school, served two years in the Israeli Defense Forces, and studied at Tel Aviv University. Halfway through a physical therapy degree program, Dr. Levy decided to fulfill her childhood dream of being a veterinarian. She dropped out, worked as a farm hand for 6 months to earn enough money for a plane ticket, and returned to the United States. Her oldest sister was living in Maryland, so thats where she went. She lived in a hippie commune on a farm for a few years while doing her undergraduate work at Montgomery College in Germantown, Maryland. Dr. Levy then moved to Blacksburg, Virginia, to attend the Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine at Virginia Tech. During her senior year, Dr. Levy met her husband, who was visiting from Minnesota. Thats how she ended up here.Since her vet school graduation in 1997, Dr. Levy has practiced small animal veterinary medicine in the Twin Cities. She cofounded the North Star Humane Society, which operated for 3 years and found homes for 450 cats, dogs, and small mammals. She completed the Professional Course in Veterinary Homeopathy (2002) and is a graduate of the Northwestern Academy of Homeopathy (2007). She completed the Veterinary Spinal Manipulation Course at the Healing Oasis (2012), and has also completed courses in craniosacral therapy, myofascial release, and Reiki II. She is the current President-Elect of the Minnesota Homeopathic Association.Dr. Levys pet family includes four dogs (a terrier, a mini golden doodle, a Lagatto Romagnolo, and a Dutch shepherd), six cats, five horses (two Quarter Horses, a Saddlebred, a Belgian mule, and a miniature horse), and a flock of domestic geese
