A Culture Of Success with Juliet

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Now, we’re gonna hear from Juliet, a junior majoring in small animal science. Juliet’s path was a little different from the students you’ve met so far. Juliet started at another school, but was frustrated that as an animal science major, she was not getting the opportunity to work directly with animals. At DelVal that happens in your first year. Here’s her story, Juliet.

Hi everyone. So, when you tell people you wanna be a vet, their first question is – how long have you known you wanted to do that? And to be honest, I don’t know if there was ever a time I didn’t know. Growing up, I’d watched the crocodile hunter, catch critters outside, and come in and tell my mom, all about the wonderful creatures that share our backyard. Steve Irwin played a major part in my upbringing and his passion for wildlife was contagious. I knew I had a continuous mission in some way.

I decided on the path of veterinary medicine in hopes of one day being able to work at the Australia Zoo. I realized this was a very specific dream and that I could help wildlife in endless ways. My journey to DelVal is a little bit different than most. I transferred here after realizing that I wasn’t getting the hands-on experience with animals that I needed. I talked to some of my friends who attended the university and I made the switch.

Talking to you today, I’m a junior small animal science major. I can wholeheartedly say that coming to DelVal is one of the greatest things that I’ve ever done. In just two years, I’ve taken classes like path and disease, animal anatomy and vet med terminology that will help my application to Vet School tremendously. On top of classes, there’s a number of clubs and organizations that are helping me as well. My favorite is DelVal’s National Chapter for the American Association of Zookeepers. It’s helped me with the zoo aspect of my career and being a board member has allowed me to create connections that I’ll use in the future.

Another thing that has helped me is one of my E360 credits. Through talking with my advisor, I found an amazing company called Loop Abroad. I set up a two week trip to Australia where I’d be living and working in a small zoo alongside a zoo veterinarian. This was supposed to take place in June of 2020. So, you can imagine what happened. Yeah, it was canceled. I was absolutely devastated, but lucky for me Loop Abroad was hosting a Virtual Global Vet Semester. Without ever leaving my bedroom, I traveled all over the world to places including Thailand, Belize and Costa Rica. I was able to get up close and personal with veterinary medicine and species ranging from dogs to elephants. And I’m so grateful to Loop Abroad.

Without coming to DelVal, I would have never been able to do the things I talked about today and I wouldn’t have nearly the resume I do now. I can honestly say that DelVal has helped me on my road to becoming a wildlife warrior. That’s my story. Now, back to Alex.

Well done Juliet. You may be the first wildlife warrior we have had on the college tour. Thank you for sharing your story. That was incredible. Take care.