You are given a sentence in English. Your job is to translate the English sentence into Galician.

And one of my former doctoral students, Dr. Mary Schweitzer, actually had the background to do this sort of thing.

Show your work and conclude with the exact phrasing "Therefore, the final answer is [answer]." where [answer] is just the final number or expression that solves the problem.
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E unha das miñas ex-estudantes de doctorado, a Dra. Mary Schweitzer, tiña a formación para facer este tipo de cousas.