Meet the Team
Practicing DVM Founders and Tutors, a dedicated Learning Specialist, and the operations backbone — all here to get you to a PASS.
Built by Veterinarians, for Veterinarians
Dr. Aaron Spacher
Veterinarian and expert in veterinary education. Co-Founder of VetBolus Continuing Education Conferences. Passionate about helping vets enter the profession with confidence.
Dr. Elizabeth Johnson Million
Former student success leader at LMU College of Veterinary Medicine. Led outreach at ICVA — the organization that administers the NAVLE®. UT Knoxville ’16.
14 DVM Tutors
Dr. Carly Fielding
Kansas State ’17. Completed internships at Tufts and in internal medicine. Now serving as Medical Director at a small animal practice.
Dr. Katya Schuster-Barber
SGU ’17, graduating with highest honors. Practices small animal, exotic, and urgent care medicine in the Portland area.
Dr. Zue Webster
SGU / UT Knoxville. Relief vet in Access to Care (high-quality high-volume spay-neuter surgery) and urgent care in Arizona.
Dr. Phil Hicks
UPenn VMD ’24 with a Ph.D. in Cell and Molecular Biology. Author of 20+ peer-reviewed publications on viral disease.
Dr. David Theroux
SGU summa cum laude with clinical year at the University of Pennsylvania. Small animal GP in central Connecticut.
Dr. Stefan Gallini
UPenn ’20. Practiced avian, wildlife, and zoo medicine before joining the National Aquarium in Baltimore as Veterinary Fellow.
Dr. Candis Marques
SGU magna cum laude and Phi Zeta Veterinary Honor Society inductee. Specializes in surgery, dermatology, and emergency medicine.
Dr. Jordan Dawson
SGU / Michigan State. Practices general and emergency medicine in Cleveland with a focus on neurology and anesthesia.
Dr. Sarah Derda
Colorado State DVM with an MPH in epidemiology. Focused on One Health — the intersection of human, animal, and environmental medicine.
Dr. Qindasi Silva
Tuskegee ’22. Mixed animal practitioner in Georgia with a passion for teaching clinical confidence and communication.
Dr. Courtney Bohart
SGU / NC State. Completed a Rood & Riddle internship. Co-owner of an established equine practice near Raleigh, NC.
Dr. Kaitlyn Upton
Texas A&M. Completed large animal and aquatic internships at UT and UF. Currently Aquatic Animal Fellow at the National Aquarium.
Dr. Sixto Mahecha-Diago
SGU magna cum laude, Phi Zeta inductee. Exotic and wildlife medicine in Florida. Veterinary advisor for Tampa Bay Raptor Rescue.
Dr. Jillian LaCroix
University of Arizona ’24. Associate Shelter Veterinarian at Pima Animal Care Center, which cares for around 18,000 animals a year. A licensed mental health therapist before veterinary medicine.
Meet Your NAVLE® Learning Specialist
Amy Rowe, MSEd
Coaching veterinary students through the NAVLE®, USMLE, and NBME exams since 2022. Former learning specialist at medical and veterinary colleges — deep expertise in clinical reasoning and high-stakes exam strategy.
Book Strategy Sessions with Amy
Open to everyone — no VFL program required. A perfect add-on to Foundation; Accelerate and Elite already include Amy’s sessions.
The Operations Backbone
J. Baylor Harton, M.Ed.
With a combined 13 years experience at the NBME and ICVA — Baylor has worked on the NAVLE® from the inside. Now she keeps VFL’s engine running: scheduling, logistics, and support for every session, every week.
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