I'm a graduate student doing research. I am performing epidemilogical surveys on felines and ticks throughout the United States to determine if they are infected with my parasite of interest, Anaplasma phagocytophilum. Here, I attain my feline blood from the feral/stray cats getting TNR'd and I have samples sent to me from several different places. It's a great experience and I hope will be beneficial to my career in the future. I would like to teach and do research for a major university or work in private industry.