- Created a safe, positive environment for rising 4th graders from underserved NYC schools. - Fostered organizational skills, teamwork, and responsibility of both themselves and their classroom. - Utilized social-emotional learning, as well as remained sensitive to my students' learning, emotional, behavioral, and cultural differences. For example, when a student felt overwhelmed they were encouraged to calm down at the drawing table. Students were also aware of the volume-sensitivity… Show more - Created a safe, positive environment for rising 4th graders from underserved NYC schools. - Fostered organizational skills, teamwork, and responsibility of both themselves and their classroom. - Utilized social-emotional learning, as well as remained sensitive to my students' learning, emotional, behavioral, and cultural differences. For example, when a student felt overwhelmed they were encouraged to calm down at the drawing table. Students were also aware of the volume-sensitivity of some of their peers and regulated their voices during socialization. - Regularly communicated with parents, colleagues, and supervisors about students' academic and behavioral states. Show less

- Mentored by a postdoctoral fellow in pharmacology at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center investigating the role of acid sphingomyelinase and ceramide in SARS-CoV-2 infection. - Designed, wrote, and presented a research proposal detailing a prospective clinical trial to repurpose antidepressants and mucolytics as COVID-19 therapeutics.

- Acquired lab safety training at Columbia University; refined prior learned basic lab skills. - Analyzed and presented a public health research article. - Learned the fundamentals of health equity and ethical research.

- Acquired 50 hours in Conservation Genetics and DNA Barcoding & Bioinformatics courses, as well as 55 hours of research. - Mentored by an immunologist at Mount Sinai Medical Center, where we designed an experiment to detect adulteration in Arabica coffee by utilizing DNA barcoding and polymerase chain reaction (PCR).