Designed a social justice-oriented course with a focus on bioengineering and health. Analyzed the historical and contemporary context of health inequities through existing literature.Presented examples of materialized oppression in medical devices and key takeaways from literature to STEM students in the Kamariza Lab.

Mentored by Dr. María Coronel.Assessed immune cell migration through hydrogels to analyze the immune response to islet grafts; in silico models of immune cell migration using COMSOL and SOLIDWORKS; in vitro immune cell transmigration assay.Organized the establishment of a new lab and trained new members

Worked as a full time research assistant (40 hrs/wk) in Dr. Monther Abu-Remaileh’s lab, under the mentorship of Aswini R. Krishnan to develop a nanobody-based fiducial markers to determine the structure of CLN3 protein associated with juvenile CLN3 disease.Participated in a robust graduate school preparation preparation and networked with Stanford faculty and graduate students.Communicated research project to a broad range of audiences through a lightning talk and poster symposium.

Mentored by Dr. Hanna Trzeciakiewicz.Analyzed Tau protein post translational modifications across various Tauopathies using western blot(immunoblotting), dot blot, and data analysis methodologies.Developed R script to improve efficiency of data quantification.

Performed plasmid extractions, polymerase chain reactions, and gel electrophoresis to assist in virus packaging, cell line generation, and gene editing experiments.

Mentored by Dr. Angel Mak.Analyzing methylation patterns for bronchodilator response using an epigenome-wide association study.Co-authored two publications.

Mentored by Violet Sheffey.Assisted in microparticle fabrication using oil-water emulsion methods, creating cell coverslips, and performing whole-blood flow assays.

Mentored by Dr. Kevin Keys and Dr. Sam Oh.Investigated novel single nucleotide polymorphisms in the cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator gene in Hispanic populations from the Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico.

Mentored by Dr. Kevin Keys and Dr. Sam Oh.Contributed to a pipeline to analyze runs of homozygosity segments, which can be found on GitHub under “gala2-ROH” (https://github.com/asthmacollaboratory/gala2-ROH).

Mentored by Dr. Kevin Keys and Dr. Sam Oh.Conducted a genome wide association study of early-life respiratory illnesses among Latino American children.