Jason T. Regalado

College: Veterinary Medicine

Major: Doctorate of veterinary medicine

Hometown: Sacramento, California

Undergraduate career: Bachelor’s degree in biological sciences from California State University-Sacramento in 2011

About him: Regalado is the founding president of the student chapter of the Association of Shelter Veterinarians, a volunteer adoption counselor and coordinator for the Animal Welfare Foster Program of Virginia, and a past organizer of the Conference on Veterinary Forensics and Combating Animal Abuse.

Activities: Member of the student chapter of the American Veterinary Association and the Virginia Veterinary Medical Association

Other awards: Best graduate student presentation at the 2014 Northeastern Conference on Avian Diseases

What’s next: Will work at Banfield Pet Hospital in Cary, North Carolina