Maddie Nardi, who graduated this month with a Doctor of Veterinary Medicine through the U.S. Army’s Health Professions Scholarship Program, has a bright future in the armed forces.
Nardi has been an animal lover ever since she can remember, and she always knew she wanted to be a veterinarian. Horseback riding throughout her childhood further inspired a career in veterinary medicine.
The summer before she started work on her undergraduate degree in Virginia Tech’s animal and poultry sciences program, she visited the Air Force Academy with her parents, who had met there — Nardi’s father went on to become a fighter pilot and her mother became a meteorologist in the Air Force.
“Growing up, I was always inspired by them — they are very smart, determined, disciplined people — but I had never thought about joining the military until they took me on that trip,” said…
