Dr. Colleen Murray is the oldest of three children raised in a military family. She traveled a great deal as a child and attended 12 schools before graduating from St. Vincent Academy for Girls in Shreveport, Louisiana. She earned a Bachelor of Science degree from Loyola University and her DVM degree from Louisiana State University. She worked as a primate keeper at Audubon Zoo during college. She completed an Internship in Small Animal Medicine and Surgery at Texas A&M and has practiced in Dallas for over 20 years. She shares her home in North Dallas with her 7 cats, an assortment of Australian and South American birds, and many fish.

Her goal is to make the most of her time here and be a good steward to the earth and all her creatures.