The importance of Hispanic/Latinx representation in the veterinary profession
Dueñas explains the impact of having role models and heroes to look up to and how representation impacted her path to veterinary medicine
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This episode of The Vet Blast Podcast tackles a number of topics with Jackie Dueñas, DVM, including balancing motherhood with professional life and Hispanic/Latinx Heritage Month.
Below is a partial transcript. Listen to the full podcast for more.
Jackie Dueñas, DVM: I [was] lucky to grow up with people who looked like me in veterinary medicine. So for me, [I was able] to think that I could become a veterinarian because my role models were all Latin and Hispanic veterinarians. But even if, for example, on Instagram and TikTok...even if 1 person sees me and says like, "Hey, she looks like me" or you know, maybe I don't look like them, but for whatever reason, they connect to me and say "Okay, I can be a veterinarian. I can do what she does." Then that's what makes me happy.
