Experience

University of Florida Honors Program

• United States
• Higher Education
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Honors Luminary

  • Mar 2023 - Present

  Honors Luminaries are the ambassadors and official tour guides for the UF Honors Program. Honors Luminaries are the ambassadors and official tour guides for the UF Honors Program.



University of Florida - Center for Undergraduate Research

• United States
• Higher Education
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Ambassador

  • Sep 2022 - Present

  I am currently serving as an ambassador on the Center for Undergraduate Research Board of Students. My responsibilities within the campus outreach committee include giving presentations to various student organizations about research at UF, engaging with the student body through tabling shifts, and serving as a panelist in research-oriented workshops. I am currently serving as an ambassador on the Center for Undergraduate Research Board of Students. My responsibilities within the campus outreach committee include giving presentations to various student organizations about research at UF, engaging with the student body through tabling shifts, and serving as a panelist in research-oriented workshops.



University of Florida College of Medicine

• United States
• Higher Education
• 500 - 600 Employee

• Laboratory Assistant

  • Aug 2021 - Present

  Laboratory Assistant for the research group within the Sweeney Lab. My current projects focus on gaining a more comprehensive understanding of mitophagy markers in dystrophic cardiac tissues under sedentary and exercise-regimented conditions. Laboratory Assistant for the research group within the Sweeney Lab. My current projects focus on gaining a more comprehensive understanding of mitophagy markers in dystrophic cardiac tissues under sedentary and exercise-regimented conditions.



Massachusetts Institute of Technology

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• MIT Summer Research Fellow

  • Jun 2023 - Aug 2023

  Investigated the role of several nucleic acid sensors in the production of type I interferon upon stimulation with PARP inhibitors in HR-proficient ovarian cancer. Investigated the role of several nucleic acid sensors in the production of type I interferon upon stimulation with PARP inhibitors in HR-proficient ovarian cancer.



Tufts Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences

• United States
• Higher Education
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Summer Researcher

  • Jun 2022 - Aug 2022

  Participated in the NIH funded Building Diversity in Biomedical Sciences research program through the Tufts University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences and Tufts Medical Center. I worked with Associate Professor and Director of the Center for Translational Pharmacology and Genomics Dr. Gordon Huggins to investigate the role of three protein kinases in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM). I quantified the proteins from cardiac samples with varying disease presentations in comparison to the phosphorylated proteins and observed that the kinases were selectively activated depending on the source of the cardiac hypertrophy. These results helped inform future research in the Huggins Laboratory regarding the details of the role of kinases in the onset of HCM. Through this experience, I learned valuable techniques such as Western blotting, protein assays, and how to critically analyze results. My abstract and poster from the summer were accepted to present at the Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minoritized Scientists, as well as at my home institution’s Fall Undergraduate Research Symposium. Show less



Department of Public Health, Manchester, CT

• Summer Intern

  • Jun 2020 - Jul 2020

  Shadowed public health officials in a cross disciplinary internship. Earned certification in bilingual contact tracing for COVID-19. Was the first high schooler to be accepted in this position. Shadowed public health officials in a cross disciplinary internship. Earned certification in bilingual contact tracing for COVID-19. Was the first high schooler to be accepted in this position.