Experience

The Center for Bird and Exotic Animal Medicine

• United States
• Veterinary Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Exotic Animal Medicine and Surgery Intern

  • Jun 2023 - Present



BluePearl Specialty + Emergency Pet Hospital

• Non-profit Organizations
• 700 & Above Employee

• Veterinary Assistant

  • Jul 2020 - Present



Carolina Veterinary Specialists

• United States
• Veterinary Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Veterinary Assistant

  • Mar 2019 - Aug 2019

  Full-time veterinary assistant in ICU Full-time veterinary assistant in Emergency Dept. Full-time veterinary assistant in ICU Full-time veterinary assistant in Emergency Dept.



Kakamega Monkey Project

• Kakamega Forest, Kakamega, Kenya

• Research Intern

  • Jun 2018 - Jan 2019

  Volunteer field research intern with the Kakamega Monkey Project which is run by Dr. Marina Cords of Columbia University. My role is to collect and document social behavioral data within two groups of blue monkeys (Cercopithecus mitis) in Kakamega National Forest at the Isecheno Station. Volunteer field research intern with the Kakamega Monkey Project which is run by Dr. Marina Cords of Columbia University. My role is to collect and document social behavioral data within two groups of blue monkeys (Cercopithecus mitis) in Kakamega National Forest at the Isecheno Station.



Wake Forest University

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Research Technician III

  • Jun 2016 - May 2018

  Working with NHP, specifically rhesus macaques, in both clinical and laboratory settings at a research facility focusing on animal welfare and furthering medical research. Daily roles alternate between clinical procedures and animal care to sample processing in the molecular biology lab. Clinical procedure experience: daily rounds; IM injections; TB testing; TPR; sterile cystocentesis; sterile blood draws; IV catheter placement; administering fluid therapy; intubation/extubation; and surgical monitoring; MRI; CT; endoscopy; bone marrow collection; bronchoalveloar lavage; blood transfusions; pulse wave velocities; DEXA bone density scans; cardiac ultrasound; abdominal ultrasound; and necropsy. Laboratory experience: blood slide preparation; sample banking (urine, blood, plasma, serum, saliva); cytospin slide preparation; bone marrow processing; freezing of viable cells; qRT-PCR; RNA extractions; flow cytometry sample preparation; and cDNA synthesis. Show less



Animal Hospital of Pitt County

• Greenville, NC

• Veterinary Assistant

  • May 2015 - Jun 2016

  Clinical duties included: Basic health assessment; TPR; taking animal histories; animal restraint; venipuncture; sample collection (fecal, urine, blood); IV catheter placement; surgical monitoring; administering fluid therapy; running diagnostic tests (chemistry, hematology, fecals, urine testing); administering medications; filling medications for clients; taking radiographs; providing care for patients in isolation. Other duties included: basic maintenance and quality controls for IDEXX equipment; updating client and patient information; preparing surgical packs; and maintaining clean environment in exam rooms and kennels in treatment areas. Show less