2 The Hampton Roads Messenger


Volume 14 Number 6


March 2020


Hampton Alum Has All the Answers About Pets


of her introduction to Hampton University was by her parents, but other family members had attended the university as well. She grew to love the Hampton University campus from her visits and her parents’ inspiration, therefore, it was an easy transition from high school to her mom’s alma mater. In her senior year in high school, she started thinking about


early college admission at


Hampton, applied, was accepted in 1998 and offered a partial scholarship. Thus, her college educational journey began!


Listening to her speak about her JoAnna Pendergrass


BY BRENDA BUCHANON, CONTRIBUTING WRITER From watching an older cousin


exam her dog, Dudley, at a family gathering when she was around six years of age, JoAnna Pendergrass made the decision to become a Doctor of Veterinary Medicine. Pendergrass was born in


Heidelberg, Germany (her father was in the Army) and grew up in Arnold, Maryland, siblings.


the youngest of three


her to pursue college, met at Hampton University


Her parents, who inspired in Hampton,


Virginia.


Her mother graduated from Hampton University in 1970; her father attended for two years, then transferred and graduated from North Carolina State University. She has been married for seven years, Pendergrass said


the beginning


family, the love, encouragement and support shown to her, one realizes how she has become so successful - through persistence, commitment.


focus and


degrees from Hampton University, Hampton, Virginia in


Maryland


Medicine, Blacksburg, Virginia - Doctor of Veterinary (2010);


she earned a


Georgia (2010-2012); is a freelance medical writer and owner of


Biology, (2003) and Virginia- College


Pendergrass holds - Bachelor’s of Veterinary Medicine


research fellowship in drug addiction from Emory University,


Postdoctoral Atlanta, JPen


Communications, LLC; and a proud member/officer of the American Medical Writers


Association,


Southeast Chapter. Pendergrass is a veterinarian but said she did not open a private practice. The definition of a typical veterinarian is a professional who diagnoses animal health problems, treats and dresses wounds, vaccinates


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