Barbara Drake

Research Committee

Barbara was born in the Pacific Northwest and raised in Arizona. She currently resides in Northeast Ohio with her family, where she graduated from Hiram College with a degree in Psychobiology. After receiving her masters in exotic animal management & behavior with an emphasis on animal neurology, she worked in the Zoology field at the Phoenix Zoo, Akron Zoo & Big Cat Rescue facilities. She left the field to raise her kids and is now a full time Medical Momma, therapist, and fierce advocate for her Kool Kid Miranda who was diagnosed at 6 months old.

Barbara looks forward to using her passion for science to see groundbreaking research develop, to help push forward current research and to improve the lives of Kool kids now and for generations to come.