Tribal Experience as a USDA employee Tolani Francisco, DVM MPH (Pueblo of Laguna/Catawba Nation) District 6 Epidemiology Officer U.S. Department of Agriculture Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service Veterinary Services
Tribal Projects Brucellosis in Elk-Jicarilla Apache Botulism in horses-Navajo Nation Johne’s in Elk-Pueblo of Laguna
Other Tribal work Rodeo Bull TB trace-Navajo Nation Rabies Clinics (Small Animal)- Mescalero Apache, Laguna & Acoma Pueblos, Wolf Point (MT), Rocky Boy (MT), Crow Agency (MT) Foreign Animal Disease Investigations and presentations-Southern Ute, Ute Mountain Ute, Native American Fish and Wildlife Society, Intertribal Agricultural Council
Youth Outreach Safeguarding Native Heritage Program Association of American Indian Physicians Summer Youth Initiative Native American Fish and Wildlife Society Youth Practicum
So many opportunities yet to come