Sponsor: The James David Small, DVM, Endowment Fund
Criteria: For students interested in pursuing a career in lab animal medicine.

Otilia Santiago
Otilia is a third-year student from Chicago, Illinois. She is interested in lab animal medicine with a specific goal of entering a zoonotic disease research lab. She hopes to complete an externship in this field and eventually join a lab at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, other government body, or higher educational institute to study zoonotic diseases.