Jo-Anne completed her Physiotherapy schooling in Ontario, where she was born into a family of Dutch immigrants. She began with a diploma from Mohawk College and McMaster University, later earning her BHScPT from McMaster. Jo-Anne has worked in hospitals, home care and private practice. Private Practice has been her home now for over 30 years. She has been married for 40 years to her husband Richard and they have 3 awesome adult children. When Jo-Anne isn’t at work at Pleasantview she works for her husband's Engineering company, loves to cook and bake for her family and friends, read fiction and cookbooks, and try to exercise regularly. Jo-Anne is very involved in her community church as well and loves to travel whenever she can. Jo-Anne still enjoys her work after all these years and looks forward to meeting and working with every new client.