As a student at U.C. Davis School of Veterinary Medicine, Dr. May was an active volunteer with Mercer Veterinary Clinic for the Homeless, a student-run vet clinic that provides free veterinary care to pets of homeless people in Sacramento, Calif. Dr. May also served as president of the Student Animal Welfare Committee and helped coordinate a surgery “wetlab” training experience for fellow vet students, utilizing ethically sourced cadavers from a willed-body donation program as a humane alternative to the school’s terminal surgeries. The school’s live terminal surgeries in the small animal surgery curriculum were subsequently replaced with a rotation during senior year in which students perform needed surgeries on animals under close faculty supervision. During vet school, Dr. May volunteered with Rural Area Veterinary Services to provide free care and sterilization surgeries to dogs, cats, and horses in economically disadvantaged communities.