Dr. Athena Gaffud earned her Doctor of Veterinary Medicine from the University of the Philippines Los Banos in 2011 belonging to the top 10 of the class. She also received the Best Undergraduate Thesis Award in Large Animals. She has over a decade of mixed veterinary experience from research, small and large animal practice, and veterinary technical sales and marketing. Being a firm believer of veterinary holistic healing, nutrition, animal welfare, and good animal husbandry practices, she extends her services as a veterinary writer, editor, and fact-checker, ensuring that pet lovers and farmers gather the correct information about animal health.