Daniella Guzman on taking a strategic approach in choosing a veterinary school and the value in forging your own path

Listen in as Dr. Matt Holland has a conversation with Ohio Veterinary School student Daniella Guzman, and Dr. Tony Bartels about financing veterinary school, and how the school decision has lasting impacts on a veterinary career. They discuss the intersectionality of mental health and money, and how creating your own path in the midst of expectations    GUEST BIOS: Dr. Tony Bartels Tony Bartels graduated in 2012 from the Colorado State University combined MBA/DVM program and is an employee of the Veterinary Information Network (VIN) and a VIN Foundation Board Member. He and his wife, a small-animal internal medicine specialist practicing in Denver, have more than $400,000 in veterinary-school debt that they manage using federal income-driven repayment plans. By necessity (and now obsession), his professional activities include researching and speaking on veterinary-student debt, providing guidance to colleagues on loan-repayment strategies and contributing to VIN Foundation resources as a board member. Beyond debt, his professional interests include small- and exotic-animal practice. When he’s not staring holes into his colleagues’ student-loan data, Tony enjoys fly fishing, ice hockey, camping and exploring Colorado with his wife, Audra, and their two rescued canines, Addi and Maggie.   Daniella Guzman Daniella is an economist and fourth-year veterinary student at The Ohio State University College of Veterinary Medicine and is pursuing a career in zoological medicine and is exploring an interest in veterinary public policy. Highly active in organized veterinary medicine, she is currently the AAZV Student Programs and Services Student Representative, the WDA Wildlife Veterinary Section Student Representative, President of the OSU chapter of VOICE and WVLDI, and holds various other leadership roles. In her spare time, Daniella likes to take her cat on nature walks and paint pet portraits for her friends and family.    LINKS AND INFORMATION: VIN Foundation Student Debt Center: https://vinfoundation.org/studentdebtcenter VIN Foundation Apply Smarter: https://vetschoolbound.org/applysmarter/ VIN Foundation Vets4Vets®: https://vinfoundation.org/resources/vets4vets/ Veterinarians as One Inclusive Community for Empowerment (VOICE): https://vetvoicenational.org/ OSU VOICE: https://www.facebook.com/OSU-CVM-VOICE-100142705121696 OSU: https://vet.osu.edu/ AAZV Education Committee: https://www.facebook.com/AAZVEducation AAZV Student Programs and Services: https://www.facebook.com/groups/2280591488658071 WVLDI: https://wvldi.org/ OSU WVLDI: https://www.facebook.com/osuwvldi YouTube video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s43eQ_xa51c&t=1s   You may learn more about the VIN Foundation, on the website, or join the conversation on Facebook, Instagram, or Twitter.   If you like this podcast, we would appreciate it if you follow and share. As always, we welcome feedback. If you have an idea for a podcast episode, we’d love to hear it!