![Homeland Security Veterinarian Is a Finalist for 2013 Samuel J. Heyman Service to America Medal](https://ticklethewire.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/288x140xsammies_logo.png.pagespeed.ic_.BTvOAE69rh.png)
Homeland Security Veterinarian Is a Finalist for 2013 Samuel J. Heyman Service to America Medal
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com When Michelle Colby was a child, she wanted nothing more than to become a veterinarian, The Washington Post reports. She wended her way through school and studied at the Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine. Still, she wanted more and became the agriculture defense branch chief for the Department of Homeland Security’s…