Dr. Duke began working as a veterinary assistant at North Center Animal Hospital in 1993 while she concurrently completed her undergraduate pre-veterinary courses.  She attended veterinary school in Urbana from 1996 to 2000, afterward returning to North Center to work as an associate veterinarian.

Dr. Duke works extensively with dogs and cats and also has a special interest in exotic animals such as birds, reptiles and small mammals.  Dr. Duke also worked part-time at Chicago Exotics Animal Hospital in Skokie for four years and at Niles Bird Medical Center for two years where she gained extensive experience with these unusual and complicated pets.   Also, Dr. Duke is the veterinarian for fifteen Chicagoland PetCo stores.  She makes regular on-site visits to the PetCo stores to provide medical and husbandry support. 

When she is not working, Dr. Duke enjoys spending time with her daughter. Their family also consists of their Pomeranian named Gidget, two cats named Baby and Pip, and an Eastern Box Turtle named Heidi.

Dr. Duke enjoys her work as a veterinarian immensely.  It is her greatest joy and her goal at work to see a pet and owner travel through the years together, going from juvenile to adult to senior citizen happily and in good health.