Denise has been working at Roxboro Animal Hospital since the winter of 2007 as a kennel assistant while still in High school, once graduated she attended Winston Salem State and graduated in 2014 with a bachelor's in Biology. She returned to work full time and moved into a veterinary assistant role this is when she decided this was the career path for her. Denise and her husband, Mark have two dogs, Ceasar and Bourbon and a guinea pig named Freddie.