Monique Craig has a degree in Computer Science Engineering with a minor in Mathematics and Physics. She was aiming at a PhD in Computational Linguistics at Stanford when she purchased her Holsteiner Stallion, Smirnoff. His Chronic hoof problems made her take a very different direction in her career. She and her husband John Craig first developed the Equine Hoof software, Metron, and then she invented the EponaShoe. Monique has spent many years researching, trimming, and shoeing the hoof. Most of her research is published scientifically. She has authored many articles about the hoof for equine and farrier magazines, both in the USA and Europe. She has been a speaker at the international Hoof Summit and is frequently lecturing in Europe. For the last six years, Monique has been a visiting scholar at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, teaching Introduction to Biomechanics to pre-veterinarian students. Monique is the Founder of the Epona-Institute, an institute devoted to the hoof and equine biomechanics research. A tri-lingual native of Switzerland, she became a US Citizen in 2001. She can be reached at monique@eponatech.com
