Despite facing some personal obstacles, Lead Counselor Shara Settle at Ignite! Online Academy says that senior Jazlynn Ramirez never took “her focus off her goal of college,” and that she “always has a light in her voice.”
“Jazlynn is focused and goal driven,” Settle said. “She advocates for herself and is excited about her future.”
Ramirez says that her future is one that helps injured and endangered animals—work that she has already been doing while finishing her high school studies. She said that she has taken in “animals that weren’t in the best home and environment,” including a chinchilla, a cat, three geckos, and a Russian tortoise.
It’s no surprise that this motivated senior wants to study veterinary medicine in college. After college, she wants to help animals, and exotic, foreign, and non-native species are her primary interest. “I want to help cure diseases, help out the injured animals and endangered species. Also, I want to help develop new medicines. A great example would be to create a medicine that will cure rabies or, hopefully, eliminate it.”
She thanks teachers like Mrs. Throne for being “very respectful, dedicated, and a mentor” and Mrs. Taylor for showing her the steps to a career path helping animals.