Growing up in Edmond, OK, Dr. Kerce attended Deer Creek Schools before earning her degree in animal biotechnology with a minor in microbiology from Oklahoma State University. She furthered her education at Oklahoma State University College of Veterinary Medicine, graduating in 2021.

In 2017, Dr. Kerce married her high school sweetheart, Alec Kerce. While in vet school, they welcomed twin boys and recently completed their family with a beautiful baby girl. Their household is bustling with the addition of three cats—Dixie, Mouse, and Big Booty—and a Treeing Walker Coonhound named Teddy.