Dr Kellie Lindquist was raised in a rural area in Northern California. Her first career interest was human medicine, but she changed her focus to veterinary medicine during her undergraduate studies. She earned her veterinary degree from Iowa State University in 2011.

After graduation Dr Lindquist worked in a mixed animal practice in Oregon before she joined a small animal practice in Anchorage, Alaska. She is still working at that same practice.

Her holistic interest started after a personal health challenge. She is a reiki master, is certified in acupuncture by IVAS, in TCVM palliative and end of life care and Chinese herbal medicine by Chi University, and in veterinary spinal manipulative therapy and veterinary massage and rehabilitation therapy by the Healing Oasis. She combines these modalities with traditional care for her patients.