Experience

S2 Genomics
• United States
• Biotechnology Research
• 1 - 100 Employee
• Biology Laboratory Intern

  • Aug 2023 - Present

UCSB Breaching Biotech
• United States
• Biotechnology Research
• Vice President

  • Jun 2023 - Present


UC Santa Barbara

• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Cultural Psychology Lab Assistant, UCSB Cultural Psychology Lab

  • Sep 2022 - Present

• Immunology Lab Research Assistant, De Tomaso Lab

  • Jun 2022 - Present

  I study allorecognition and polymorphism between Botryllus schlosseri organisms within families to understand the biology of transplanted tissue rejection and acceptance in medicine. This model organism has a special characteristic of rejecting or accepting others into its blood circulation based on an unknown factor. To address this unknown, I modeled 220+ of the B. schlosseri proteins or splicing variants using Alphafold to add to the understanding of the model organism’s sequence and contrast these findings with other polymorphic gene sequences. Additionally, I work on protein-protein docking to better understand the sequence of these proteins that span the organism's membrane and the binding affinity for these protein dockings. I have docked 50+ receptor, secretion, and chaperone proteins using various protein-protein docking softwares such as HADDOCK, ClusPro, and LZerD servers following the Critical Assessment Predicted Interactions (CAPRI) validated protein-protein docking server list. Show less


Associated Students of UC Santa Barbara
• Government Administration
• 1 - 100 Employee
• Wellbeing Peers Program Director

  • May 2022 - Present


UCSB Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry

• Research Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• General Chemistry Learning Assistant

  • Sep 2022 - Jan 2023

  Alongside a PhD student, I enhance 20 first-year chemistry students’ understanding of general chemistry laboratory by performing laboratory procedure demonstrations and preparing chemistry concept lectures. I teach and aid weekly laboratory procedures on chemistry topics such as titrations, gas laws, and stoichiometry. I collaborate with graduate students in weekly meetings to discuss the variety of methods and best approaches to teach students certain difficult concepts. Alongside a PhD student, I enhance 20 first-year chemistry students’ understanding of general chemistry laboratory by performing laboratory procedure demonstrations and preparing chemistry concept lectures. I teach and aid weekly laboratory procedures on chemistry topics such as titrations, gas laws, and stoichiometry. I collaborate with graduate students in weekly meetings to discuss the variety of methods and best approaches to teach students certain difficult concepts.

• Secretary

  • Sep 2022 - Jan 2023


City of Dublin Mayor's Council

• Civic and Social Organizations
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Youth Council Member

  • Aug 2019 - May 2021

  Within my two terms, I worked with the Dublin Mayor and DUSD students on the city’s diversity project, which spearheads the deterrence of discrimination in the school district. Within this project, we hosted school-wide assemblies and classroom conversations on community equity at elementary schools Additionally, I collaborated with the nonprofit 2SERVE to streamline their virtual volunteer matching platform. Within my two terms, I worked with the Dublin Mayor and DUSD students on the city’s diversity project, which spearheads the deterrence of discrimination in the school district. Within this project, we hosted school-wide assemblies and classroom conversations on community equity at elementary schools Additionally, I collaborated with the nonprofit 2SERVE to streamline their virtual volunteer matching platform.



Girls Who Code

• United States
• Civic and Social Organizations
• 500 - 600 Employee

• Girls Who Code Scholar

  • Jun 2020 - Jun 2020

  Completion of Girls Who Code's Summer Immersion Program in collaboration with Autodesk. Completion of Girls Who Code's Summer Immersion Program in collaboration with Autodesk.