 Perdue allowed me to make the giant leap of being confident in myself, really believing in myself, believing that I'm meant to be in this profession, that those who look like me are meant to be in this profession and just having the confidence to say it and be proud about it. So I decided to become a veterinarian because my grandfather is actually a retired veterinarian. When I was younger, he just introduced me to the field. I saw his love for it and so I was like, wow, I kind of want to be a part of that too. I wanted to attend Perdue because during my undergraduate career, I was introduced to a program called ARC, which stands for Access to Animal Related Careers. It introduces and invites minority students to Perdue and gives them a scope on the day in the life of a veterinarian, meet faculty and staff, et cetera, and from there I was hooked. There are two people who I would say really helped me get through this veterinary career here at Perdue. They've really supported me whether I was going through things emotionally or things in school as well. They've always been a shoulder to lean on. To get advice from and they've honestly made this experience what it is. Two memories that stand out to me the most, one would be that our stethoscope dinner kind of introduces us to veterinary medicine at Perdue University and gives us a stethoscope so that we can carry on throughout our veterinary career. And the second one would be the white coat ceremony. Receiving this white coat before our clinical year is just an amazing feeling. Perdue has given me tools for success in my veterinary career from learning about anatomy physiology to the very end just being in a clinical setting. They've really given me the skill set and the confidence to really feel like wherever I go, whatever profession I'll be in in regards to veterinary medicine, I will be prepared for it. After graduation, I will be a veterinary medical officer with the U.S. Department of Agriculture where I will be working with animals to ensure that they're happy and healthy. Thanks to Perdue, I've been able to gain the skill set and the confidence to become a veterinarian, something that I've always dreamed of becoming. Perdue will allow me moving forward to leave footprints for those that are minority students who want to look up to somebody that looks like them to know that it is possible to become a veterinarian and to also allow people to know that there are other routes aside from being a small animal veterinarian, large animal veterinarian that veterinarians can take and make as equal as an impact in this world.