Help Cecilia Achieve Her Veterinary Dream

Hi, my name is Cecilia Trevizo and I am from a small city in Arizona. Some quick to know facts about me is I am half Native American and half Hispanic, I also love animals and I am 1st generation in my family to go for university.

Although there is limited resources being from my small city, I strived for the best with my education. Getting honor roll every year from a young age and committing to 500+ service hours to my various community clubs. Maybe being seen as an overachiever, but I want to be the first. I want to be the first to go further.

I do my best to make sure I take advantage of the opportunities provided to me, like taking all the community college classes offered at my high school, and even on my senior year taking a physics class at ASU. I also attended the conventions my club offered every year to network and reach out spreading the word of service internationally, filled with workshops teaching about how to be better as a leader, as a student, and for myself.

Through all these experiences I learned ,and strengthen, my skills such as: patience, leadership, public speaking, problem solving, teamwork, determination, compassion, professionalism, commitment, and empathy.

While it has been hard and a lot of work trying to figure things out, especially being someone who is the 1st in the family to attempt at earning a degree. I am entirely grateful and proud of the work I have done and been able to be involved with, the good I’ve been able to do for others.

I would like to continue on this path. This path where I am able to strive for the best, not just for myself, but for others.

From a very young age, I always found myself wanting to help. Too aid where I could and this started with animals. Growing up always with dogs or other various animals even a pig, seeing the chickens and sheep on my family’s farm out on the reservation, I grew a strong love for them all. It pains me to see any animals in conditions where I could tell in their eyes, as if they were speaking to me directly they needed help. Seeing these nonverbal creatures in pain but not being able to voice their issues. Then turning and seeing the just as frustrated and upset owners wanting to help but not knowing how. Well, I want to learn to help.

I applied to the best school for veterinary medicine, UC Davis. Hoping one day to provide the best care for whoever I can possibly help in the future. Coming from a small city and out of state, my chances were extremely low. You could imagine my insane excitement when I looked down at my phone and read the email that I have been accepted into UC Davis after being on the waitlist for 2 months. To be perfectly honest, I cried, I called everyone that I told about because believe me I was still very excited even being on the waitlist.

While I knew the tuition was going to be very high, I accepted anyways with hope. Not wanting to give up on my dreams. As it got closer to being real it was realized we just do not have enough considering recent events, every check off but one thing. While I did receive 14,000 in scholarships and am still currently applying for more i am afraid it will not quite cut it. With a heavy heart I saw I will have to drop out when I haven’t even started, because of financial hardship.

This is why I am asking with all sincerity, and urgency, for help to continue my path, my passion. Asking for help to be the first. Anything helps ❤️.