Craig Road Animal Hospital Externship Program: Amanda
Amanda was born and raised in Columbia, South Carolina. Although she explains that her parents are very supportive of her chosen profession, and that her father has a ‘healthy respect’ for animals, Amanda was relegated to the ‘pocket pet’ variety growing up. However, she credits her three childhood guinea pigs: Sammy, Archie, and Charlie, for her love of exotics. Amanda states that she has always wanted to be a veterinarian, a declaration she first made in the second grade. Amanda…