Melody Martínez, CVT
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Melody Martínez, CVT, is president of the Multicultural Veterinary Medical Association and the first-generation daughter of Afro-Caribbean working-class immigrants from the Dominican Republic. Melody has worked in small animal general practice, in emergency and critical care, and as a senior animal caregiver at Farm Sanctuary in New York. Melody currently works as a racial equity and organizational change management consultant at Acorde Consulting.