DVM class of 2023

AAHA.org | Haley Garcia, ’23 DVM

Christina Negretti recently completed a rotation in California where she worked with a variety of species of wild sea lions, seals, and sea otters in rehabilitation before their release back into the Pacific Ocean. Given Christina is headed to work at a mixed animal practice on Washington’s Long Beach Peninsula, and her attraction to wildlife, […]

Sierra Temple always wanted a career that would be fulfilling, challenging and rewarding, that built her up personally as well as professionally. Since animals hold a very special place in her heart, working with animals was also desired, which made veterinary medicine her perfect fit.  From Bonners Ferry, Idaho, Sierra is headed back north after graduation to […]

Jordan Cretors is a Scottsdale, Arizona, native, and when she graduates from #WSUVetMed four weeks from today, she’s headed home to complete the emergency care mentorship program at VCA McCormick Ranch, a small animal practice specializing in general practice and emergency care. SCUBA-certified since she was 10 years old, Jordan’s love for the ocean inspired […]

Kristen Dahlin’s main area of interest is exotics, so it’s no surprise that following graduation Saturday, May 6, she will be seeing small and exotic animals at Spanaway Veterinary Clinic in Spanaway, Washington. “I like being able to work with such a variety of species since they deserve just as much love as our dogs […]

Braden Corigliano enjoyed WSU’s agricultural animal rotation so much he took it three times, including as his Student Initiated Professional Experience (SIPE). After graduation in May, Braden plans to put those skills he learned in the barn and throughout the Veterinary Teaching Hospital to work at Deer Park Veterinary Clinic, a mixed animal practice in […]

Brittany Estell is a veterinary student at Washington State University expected to earn her Doctor of Veterinary Medicine in May.

In her spare time, Sara Lewis still immerses herself in veterinary medicine. In her first three years of veterinary school, you could often find her working in Radiology or the Intensive Care Unit caring for patients in need of critical care. “On their best and worst days, I love being able to provide care for […]

Nick Muir is a veterinary student at Washington State University expected to earn his Doctor of Veterinary Medicine in May.

Alanna Wildman loves her family, sunsets (especially on the WSU Pullman campus), mountains, the sound of the ocean, and, of course, veterinary medicine. Alanna originally started her veterinary journey with the dream of becoming a marine mammal veterinarian. After nearly four years at #WSUVetMed, the Cody, Wyoming, native has fallen in love with small animal […]