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Meredith Kennedy
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Meredith KennedyP.O. Box 60988
Veterinarian/Academic DirectorPalo Alto, CA 94306
meredithkennedy@hotmail.com(562)303-0702
Website: www.meredith-kennedy.com

Education:
Community High School (Ann Arbor MI, graduated 3rd of 103)
University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, MI)
Washtenaw Community College (Ann Arbor, MI)
Michigan State University (East Lansing, MI)
California State University Long Beach (Master's in Vocal Performance)

Languages:
English: Native language
Swahili: fluent spoken and written skills
Twi: beginning spoken and written skills
Setswana: beginning spoken and written skills
Italian: intermediate/beginning spoken and written skills
French: beginning spoken and written skills
Veterinary Medicine (1990 - present)
All-Care Animal Referral Center, Fountain Valley, CA (1990/1991)
Veterinary Relief Services; independent contractor as a locum, from 1991 - present)
Relief work at small animal, referral, emergency and 24-hour veterinary practices all over California
Central Coast Pet Emergency Clinic, Arroyo Grande, CA (2000 - present)
Pet Emergency Clinic of San Gabriel Valley, El Monte, CA (2003 - present)
North Bay Emergency Pet Clinic, Santa Monica, CA (2003 - 2005)
Animal Emergency Clinic, Lancaster, CA (2005 - 2007)
Inland Valley Emergency Pet Clinic, Upland, CA (2006 - present)
Western Veterinary Group, Lomita, CA (2008)
Paradise Island Animal Hospital, Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands (relief work 2002, 2007)

School for International Training (1992 - 2007)
Academic Director for college semester abroad programs with World Learning, Inc; program design and development, coordinating with in-country institutions, student supervision, teaching, travel and field trips, coordinating homestays, medical and crisis management, advising on Independent Study Projects.

Tanzania: Wildlife Biology and Conservation (1992-5)
Botswana: Ecology and Conservation (1995-6)
Zanzibar: Coastal Ecology (program design and Academic Director)
Ghana: Arts and Culture
Tanzania: Biodiversity and Conservation
New Zealand: Conservation Biology

Awards:
Regents Alumni Award (Community High School)
Foreign Language Area Specialties Fellowship (three times, Michigan State University)
Study Abroad Scholarship (Michigan State University)
Fall's Writer's Workshop: 2nd place for contemporary fiction
Florida State Writing Competition: honorable mention for short fiction
Award for Orthopedic Surgery (Michigan State University, College of Veterinary Medicine)


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