ancy Ehrlich was in her early twenties when she took her dog to a veterinarian for a checkup, and a female veterinarian walked into the exam room.

“I hadn’t seen that before,” Ehrlich said. “Right then, I knew what I wanted to do with my career.”

 She left her home state of New York and went to UC Davis for undergraduate coursework in the sciences. She applied to the School of Veterinary Medicine in the 1970s but was not admitted, in part due to the limited number of spots open to women at the time.

 Scholarships invest in the world’s brightest veterinary students like Nicole, who will lead the way in caring for animals, people and the environment.

“As a first-generation student, I have learned that it matters not where you come from, but what you do with the support you have been given. As I look forward to graduating in 2025, I am humbled by the generosity of benefactors who invested in my future and that of other students.