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Chris Hollingsworth is a second-year veterinary student at Virginia–Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine. He was born in Guyana, South America and raised in Silver Spring, Maryland. Hollingsworth found his passion within the veterinary field through diverse experiences at a small animal practice, in a laboratory, and at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland. He currently serves as the vice president of his school’s student chapter of the American College of Veterinary Pathologists. He hopes to pursue a residency in anatomic veterinary pathology upon graduation in May 2023.
A second-year veterinary student shares his experience as the only black male student in his class—and how he plans to use his unique position as a platform to encourage change throughout the profession.