EDUCATION:

Foothill College in Los Altos Hills, CA, Veterinary Technician Program.

• Dean's list

• Graduated June 2000

• California Veterinary Technician Exam August 2000

University of Illinois Urbana/Champaign, B. S. in Agriculture, Major in Agricultural Science. Graduated May 1996

WORK HISTORY:

Veterinary Assistant, Adobe Animal Hospital, Los Altos, CA.,July 1996 to June 2000.

• outpatient services

• experienced at handling dogs, cats, rodents, rabbits, and ferrets

• filling prescriptions

• client education

• familiar with Ciba Express and Idexx Vet Test

• radiograpic studies

• induced and monitored anesthesia for minor procedures

• venipuncture

• triage of emergency patients

• nursing care of hospitalized patients

• training of new assitants

Animal Care Worker, School of Life Sciences Animal Lab, Burrill Hall, Urbana, Illinois, October 1993 until May 1994

• daily husbandry care of dogs, rabbits, hamsters, rats, and mice

RELATED EXPERIENCE:

"Mouseketeer" (student helper) for Dr. Lowell Getz in his study of vole and shrew species, Fall 1995, Spring 1996

• baited and set live traps

• checked traps and restrained animals for counting

Volunteer Intern at Wolf Park, Battle Ground, Indiana, Summer 1995

• assisted in foster care of wolf pups

• helped with animal feeding and enclosure cleaning

• tour guide, gift shop, park office

Computer skills, comfortable with PC & MacIntosh, email, wordprocessing, AVS