Dr Freire obtained her veterinary degree at the Complutense University of Madrid. She then pursued further training in veterinary surgery through a general internship at Ohio State University (2006) and a small animal surgery residency at North Carolina State University (2011). She completed a Research Fellowship in feline ostearthritis (2008) and she earned her PhD, presenting a dissertation on Feline Degenerative Joint Disease in 2014. She is a Faculty Member of the AO Vet North America (AONA Vet) participating in continuing education of Principles of Fractures fixation courses.