Jaimie Brown, Class of 2025, has aspired to be a zoo veterinarian since she was in middle school—beyond her small zoo of pet dogs, cats, birds, turtles, goats, chickens, snakes, rat and iguana she had over the years.
Dr. Carrie Finno picked up a coiled rope from a table covered with horse bones, enteroliths (stones that can form in a horse’s gut), alfalfa cubes and a bag of horse teeth.
She held one end of the rope and handed the rest to the high school student on her right who passed it along to the next student until the entire length of rope encircled the room.
“You’re holding the equivalent of the small intestine of a horse,” Finno told the 21 students who were visiting the Center for Equine Health (CEH) as part of the week-long Vet Med Summer Academy. “That’s about 70 feet long!”
“We are immensely grateful to Dr. Graham for her commitment to fostering diversity. Broadening diversity of our future veterinary leaders is integral to our mission as a world-class veterinary school.”—Dean Mark Stetter
During a lunch talk (watch the video below) hosted by the UC Davis Chapter of Veterinarians as One Inclusive Community for Empowerment (VOICE) earlier this year, Dr. Gina Davis B.S. '95, DVM '97 shared her journey as an African American woman navigating the veterinary profession. She guided the talk's attendees through her career journey, beginning with her undergraduate studies and veterinary school at UC Davis, followed by her work in private practice, and eventually returning to the university.
Growing up in Calexico—an agricultural Southern California town situated on the Mexican border—Kimberly Aguirre was familiar with the sight of cows and sheep, but never considered a career working with them.
However, when she discovered the field of livestock health as an undergraduate at UC Davis, she knew she had found her path.
