Jose E. Fonseca
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Jose E. Fonseca

Jose E. Fonseca Martinez
2552 W. Thomas St. Chicago, IL 60622
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Summary
• Bachelor of Agricultural Sciences in Animal Science from the University of Puerto Rico Mayaguez Campus
• College graduate with more than 500 hours of animal experience between Small Animals in veterinary clinics and Food Animals such as dairy cattle, poultry and porcine

Professional Qualities and Strengths



Animal Science Graduate • Leadership Skills • Adaptable • Accountable • Collaborator • Basic Computer Skills • Experience with small and large animals • Training & Mentoring • Team Building •Small Animals •Food Animals •Flexible


Professional Highlights

2017-Present Animal/veterinary experience
• Over 320 hours of volunteer work in different veterinary clinics. Assisted in activities such as surgeries, administration of medications, provide food and other treatments to the patients in the clinics
• 180 hours of animal practice in a farm dedicated to dairy cattle. Aided in practices such as administration of medication, provide food and other treatments to the animals
• Over 140 hours of experience with poultry (broilers). Contributed in tasks such as in the care of the animals, preparation of their daily nutrition and laboratory procedures
• Over 100 hours of experience with porcine. Realized and assisted in practices such as animal restraint and collection of porcine semen in order to analyze them by laboratory practices





Present Second Lieutenant in the Army National Guard, West Lafayette, IN.
• Recently Commissioned into the Indiana National Guard as an Ordnance Officer (Logistics)
• Responsible of planning training and procedures at a platoon level in order to accomplish the Company and Battalion mission


2014-2019
Army ROTC Program, University of Puerto Rico Mayaguez Campus, Mayaguez, PR.

• Assigned to positions consisting in the planning and collaborating of activities and training in order to encourage, educate and guide the Cadets and participants of the program



Education

2019 University of Puerto Rico – Mayaguez Campus
Bachelor of Agricultural Sciences Degree Major: Animal Science


2017-2018 Research Experiences, University of Puerto Rico Mayaguez Campus; Mayaguez, PR

Collection and Analysis of Characteristics of Boar Semen
• Assigned to manually collect samples of boar semen in order to analyze characteristics such as spermatozoa mobility, viability and morphology through microscopy and CASA

Effects of the dietary inclusion of black soldier fly larvae meal on broiler performance and carcass traits.
Assisted in the following tasks:
• Care and feeding of broilers since birth
• Preparation of nutrition of broilers through food mixer procedures
• Butchering/sacrifice of broilers
• Laboratory procedures in order to store and analyze the meat of broilers

Professional Associations

• Second Lieutenant in the Army National Guard, West Lafayette, Indiana


Awards


• ROTC 3.5 GRFD scholarship
• Honor Student Award in Fall Semester of 2018



Languages

English & Spanish Complete fluency in both languages