Born and raised in Vancouver, British Columbia. Yes, she’s a Canadian. Her sport of choice growing up was volleyball and she enjoyed her nine years of playing very much. She played in several leagues and for her respective schools throughout her education until it was time for undergraduate education and she made the choice between sports and academics. As you can probably guess, academics won. Dr. Joty Bains-Reed completed three and a half years of her Bachelor’s of Science at Simon Fraser University in the City of Burnaby in British Columbia, Canada. She then moved to Portland, Oregon to complete her Bachelors of Science and her Doctorate of Chiropractic from Western States Chiropractic College. She has been living in Oregon now for more than 10 years and loves it. She loves calling Southern Oregon her home and serving her community here for many years to come.