Linda Paetow earned a bachelor (McGill University, 1998) and a Master’s degree (Concordia University, 2009) in biology. As a Master’s student, her research focused on the simultaneous effects of pesticides and the pathogenic fungus, Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis, on the health of amphibians. Since 2017, she has been employed as an animal caretaker at the Montreal Biodôme. Currently, she forms a team with Odile Colin and Sophie Vadnais in the reptiles and amphibian department.