Barbie teaches clinical pathology and laboratory animal courses in the veterinary technology program at Murray State University where she has been employed for 28 years. In 2020 she received the Board of Regents Teaching Excellence Award. Prior to full-time teaching, she worked in the clinical pathology department of Breathitt Veterinary Center. She served on the organizing committee of AVCPT and currently serves as secretary. She is the past secretary of KVTA. In addition to her instruction for Murray State, she offers continuing education in clinical pathology related topics to veterinary technicians through in-person and online CE opportunities. She resides in Western Kentucky, near Land Between the Lakes (LBL) where she loves to hike with her faithful canine companion, Daphne, a lab/shepherd mix and Presley, a pointer mix. Occasionally her two teenage sons and husband join her on these treks. She shares her home with two dogs, five cats, and an assortment of rabbits, fish, chickens, ducks, and other farm birds.