Year: Junior

Hometown: Bethesda, Maryland

Major(s)/Minor(s): Biological Sciences: Neurobiology & Physiology Major

Science, Technology, Ethics, and Policy (STEP) Minor on the Pre-MD/PhD track

Living & Learning & Other Special Programs: Gemstone Honors Program

Research: 

• Optical Therapeutics and Nanotechnology Laboratory- researching the development of targeted photo-activable, multi-inhibitor nanoparticles for cancer treatment
• Gemstone- founder and team liaison of MetaBio: researching a combinatorial treatment approach to glioblastoma multiforme brain cancer

Activities: 

• Senator-Elect for College of Computer, Mathematical, and Natural Sciences (CMNS) in UMD’s University Senate
• Founder and President of Girls4Girls, NGO
• Clinical Assistant/Medical Scribe at College Park Medical Center
• American Medical Student Association (AMSA)
• The Scribe undergraduate research journal for pre-medical students
• Terps4Change Volunteer
• Alpha Lambda Delta Academic Honors Society

Favorite Class(es): BSCI330: Cell Biology and Physiology

 In my free time, I enjoy: walking my dog, volunteering with Terps4Change and my nonprofit Girls4Girls, and reporting on groundbreaking research as a writer for The Scribe.