Dr. Pruden received her Bachelors of Science in Biology from Hunter College and then pursued her Doctorate of Veterinary Medicine at Tuskegee University. Shortly after graduating from Tuskegee in 1996, Dr. Pruden became an Associate Veterinarian at Vet Emergency in Staten Island, NY focusing on emergency care in orthopedic and soft tissue surgery. After working throughout the Metro New York area and New Jersey, Dr. Pruden founded the Bedford Stuyvesant Veterinary Clinic in 2005.