The AASV Foundation has awarded two $2500 stipends to veterinary students in Mexico to facilitate their attendance at the 2025 AASV Annual Meeting in San Francisco, California. The recipients, Yaneli Hernández Flores, a student of Centro Universitario del Sur, and José de Jesús González Franco, a student of Centro Universitario de los Altos, were selected by the Martha Acosta Foundation, a nonprofit organization that supports the veterinary education of students in Latin America.
Dr Acosta, a longtime AASV member, will accompany Yaneli and Jose to the meeting where they will be introduced during the AASV-AASV Foundation Luncheon on Monday, March 3. The two recipients are current AASV student members. Yaneli will be participating in the student poster session in San Francisco on Sunday, March 2.
Following the meeting, they will write and submit a report on how the meeting and their membership in AASV has impacted their educational goals and career direction. José received the scholarship to attend the 2024 AASV Annual Meeting. Read more about his experience at marthaacostafoundation.org/en/my-experience-as-a-mafi-scholar-during-the-aasv-2024-congress-2.
The AASV Foundation’s goal in providing the stipends is to promote swine veterinary medicine and encourage increased international student membership in AASV.
