Meet Wor
ki
ng Gr
oup
Luke Tomas
o, USA
Hey guys
! My name i
s Luke Tomas
o and I am
s
ervi
ng as t
he cur
r
ent chai
r f
or t
he Wor
ki
ng
Gr
oup on Pol
i
ci
es
. My goal f
or t
hi
s commi
t
t
ee
i
s t
o change t
he wa
y t
he vet
er
i
nary s
t
udent
s
communi
cat
e wor
l
dwi
de.
Thi
s s
t
art
s wi
t
h how
we communi
cat
e among our
s
el
ves and cont
i
n-
ues i
nt
o how we communi
cat
e wi
t
h bot
h t
he
gener
al publ
i
c and ot
her i
nt
er
nat
i
onal or
gani
-
zat
i
ons l
i
ke t
he Wor
l
d Heal
t
h Or
gani
zat
i
on,
Wor
l
d Or
gani
s
at
i
on f
or Ani
mal Heal
t
h, and t
he
Food and Agr
i
cul
t
ur
e Or
gani
zat
i
on.
We ar
e
r
eachi
ng a poi
nt i
n t
i
me wher
e communi
cat
i
on
s
houl
d be i
n t
he f
or
ef
r
ont of everyone’
s mi
nds
,
es
peci
al
l
y us s
ci
ent
i
s
t
s
.
The wor
l
d has become
s
o s
mal
l t
hat i
nf
or
mat
i
on, r
egar
dl
es
s of i
t
s ve-
r
aci
t
y
, can i
ns
t
ant
l
y be t
r
ans
mi
t
t
ed acr
os
s t
he
gl
obe.
The i
mport
ance of good s
ci
ent
i
f
i
c com-
muni
cat
i
on i
n s
uch a t
i
me cannot be over
em-
phas
i
zed. But when I
’
m not t
ryi
ng t
o s
a
ve t
he
wor
l
d, I enj
oy t
aki
ng phot
ogr
aphs
, r
ock cl
i
mb-
i
ng, and s
t
udyi
ng t
o be t
he bes
t mi
xed ani
mal
/
publ
i
c heal
t
h vet
er
i
nar
i
an I can be.
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