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“As a young child, I followed heavily in the footsteps of my older sister,” recalled OC Kirkland. “When she said she wanted to be a dolphin trainer, I, of course, also said I wanted to…
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After completing his undergraduate degree as a pre-med student, Varun Seth put his studies on pause. He was passionate about environmental sustainability, conservation, and biodiversity. His family hoped he would enter medical school. To evaluate…
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A Passion Born in a Saddle When she was 6 years old, Gina Kowalewicz rode a horse for the first time. Her family owned horses, and as Kowalewicz grew up, the horses grew alongside her….
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Theodore Berlanga worked at an emergency clinic for four years before entering veterinary school. They had been interested in veterinary medicine since middle school and felt drawn to emergency medicine with its environment ripe for…
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Many future veterinarians embrace their calling at a young age, and Melanie Narvaez was definitely one of them. However, it wasn’t until she worked at a veterinary clinic as an undergraduate that she knew she…
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