Meghan Landry is a Certified Child Life Specialist at UMass Memorial Medical Center and main handler of Valentina, a full-time animal assistant at UMass Memorial's Children’s Medical Center. We talk with Meghan about the benefits of Animal Assisted Therapy in a hospital setting, how she got paired up with her canine sidekick and how Valentina provides help for her when they're off duty.
Follow Valentina on Instagram: @umass_supaw_stars
Make a donation to help Valentina: https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/umassmemorialanimalassistedtherapy
05/02/23 • 17 min
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