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Lesli Hick, DVM
Advisor to the Board
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In 1992 I graduated from Colorado State University College of Veterinary Medicine and have been the senior staff veterinarian at the Humane Society of Boulder Valley in Boulder, CO since March 1994, www.boulderhumane.org. My travels as a young adult to Mexico, Honduras, Europe and Korea inspired me to combine my veterinary skills with volunteering in Mexico. In 1997 I responded to an ad in a local holistic veterinary newletter seeking a veterinarian to do spay/neuter in the Yucatan. It was an opportunity to "vacation" and use my veterinary skills. I organized 7 clinics for that organization before they moved their focus to Cabo san Lucas, which left a void in the Tulum area. When Cristina Gutierrez and I talked about doing a clinic in Playa del Carmen with local veterinarian, Dr. Claudia Lewy, VIDAS was born and has been growing ever since.
In addition to a busy full-time job and elementary age children, VIDAS is still very important to me. I continue to gather donated supplies, fundraise, plan and participate in clinics.
In 1999 I brought two puppies to Boulder from the Yucatan and adopted one of them, "Mouse". "Mouse's" sister lives nearby and the two enjoy romping together only as Mayan Jungle Dogs can do. |
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