Mari Delaney knew she wanted to be a veterinarian by the age of 11. She is a graduate of the Cornell College of Agriculture and Life Sciences with honors in 1998. She went on to matriculate from the New York State College of Veterinary Medicine in 1992. She began practicing veterinary medicine and surgery in Elmira in 1995. She started Compassionate Companion Care in 2001 and has had the great honor of caring for her patients with the help of her amazing staff ever since. She is grateful for every day and just wants to make the world a better place one patient at a time [citation].