Alyssa Nilles follows dream to become a veterinarian

Alyssa Nilles has spent the last week at the Medical Lake Veterinary Clinic getting herself familiar with the office and duties assigned to her. For Nilles, who is the clinic's newest technician, this is the first step to achieving her dream of becoming a veterinarian.

With her father and grandfather being farmers, Nilles, a Medical Lake High School alumna, has spent her entire life around animals. The spark for her goal to become a veterinarian came during a moment in her childhood.

"I bottle-fed a calf when I was in elementary school and I thought 'I ought to take care of these animals,'" Ni...