Daina Rawlings studied Animal Studies at SMB College Group and is Head Nurse at WECare Worldwide, treating street dogs in Sri Lanka. I’m originally from Leicestershire and I studied Animal Management at SMB College Group, progressing onto a BSc (Hons) in Veterinary Nursing at the Royal Veterinary College. I graduated in 2014 and started working within the ECC department at the RVC Queen Mother Hospital for Animals. I was at the RVC for 3 years before jetting off to sunny Australia in 2017. After a hard-earned break traveling the east coast of Australia, I began work at SASH Vets in North Sydney for 5 months, and then hopped over to the west coast to work at The Animal Hospital at Murdoch University for 3 months. After that, I travelled New Zealand for a month and then moved to Colombo, Sri Lanka, in 2018 for 3 months to train and teach in a local practice. I came back to the RVC after almost 18 months of traveling to become the senior ECC Night Nurse for the next four years. I managed the night team and nursed the range of emergencies that present at all hours of the night, during this time I also completed the Veterinary Tech Specialist in Emergency Critical Care. Having spent most of my career in referral I recently decided to come back to Sri Lanka, where I am now head nurse at WECare Worldwide, a charity aimed at providing care and transforming the lives of street dogs. I also like to spend time in South Africa working with the big 5: neutering lions, relocating giraffes, TB testing buffalo and rescuing rhinos. I am obviously a keen traveller and I’m always happy to share advice on working and traveling abroad! Why did you choose to study at SMB College Group? I choose Brooksby for the hands-on learning. I learn best by doing, and I like to be out and about. Brooksby has a great programme and lots of space with a whole host of animals, so it was a ‘no brainier’ for me.