Dr. Shari Hughes is a graduate of Indiana University and the Purdue University School of Veterinary Medicine. Originally from South Bend, Dr. Hughes fell in love with Bloomington as a student and came back to take a position at College Mall Veterinary Hospital in 1992. Two decades later, she still enjoys practicing while she and her husband Paul, a teacher at Bloomington High School North, keep busy raising three children, two cats, and a dog.

When she is not working with animals, Dr. Hughes enjoys watching movies at home, visiting with family and friends, or piling the kids and dog into the car for the occasional road trip.