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Providence, Rhode Island, United States

• Led problem sessions weekly for Organic Chemistry I and II students, ensuring thorough understanding of course material.• Held office hours to provide individualized support and guidance to students, resulting in improved academic performance.• Created and distributed problem packets weekly to enhance student learning and retention of key concepts, ensuring content coverage of lecture content from the previous week.

Providence, Rhode Island, United States

Assist clinic providers, help check patients in and out of services, connect patients to other providers around the Providence area.

Miami, Florida, United States

Division of Endocrine Surgery, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine Miami, FL Shadow August 2019 – Present • Experience shadowing female physician, Dr. Josefina Farra in grand rounds, on telemedicine visits, and in the operating rooms. • Presented grand round cases and research three times to medical school students and residents on rotation.

Miami, Florida, United States

Published Author June 2021- presentAuthored children’s book to promote awareness of cranial syndromes. Assisted daily living schedules in the bunk. • Book provides a pathway to raise funds, work with leadership, and communicate with physicians and families of patients with craniofacial conditions. • Efforts to raise awareness around pediatric craniofacial conditions requiring neurosurgery and plastic surgeries. • Donated copies of the short story to pediatric craniofacial departments at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, Duke University Division of Plastic Surgery, A Child’s Face Foundation, and Nicklaus Children’s Hospital Division of Plastic Surgery.

Miami, Florida, United States

Research Assistant August 2019–August 2022 “Comparison of Thyroid Cancer Size, Grade, Pathology and Variable Factors Relative Impact on Surgeon Predictive Scores.”• Mentor: Josefina Farra, MD, University of Miami.• Reviewed, collected, and analyzed data of over 400 patients’ tumor characteristics in comparison to surgeon predictive scores.• Abstract submitted to the Academic Surgical Congress and presented at their respective conference. “Telemedicine During Covid-19 Pandemic: Endocrine Surgery Patient Perspective,” Journal of Surgical Research; December 28, 2021.• Presentation: Academic Surgical Congress, February 2021.• Participation: Study design, data collection, manuscript writing, editing, podium presentation design. • Responsible for collecting and collating data from patients. I presented to Endocrine Surgery Grand Rounds, August 2020.

Providence, Rhode Island, United States

Research Assistant September 2023- present • “SOMA — a mobile app which combines symptom tracking with neuroscientific assessments and tailored intervention”• Lead recruitment efforts for both patient and healthy volunteers to use computational biomarkers through our app to track the transition from acute to chronic pain.• Currently beginning training to develop more surveys for the study using Qualtrics analytics and coding assistance.• Analysis using MATLAB statistical methods.• Individually conduct EEG study for patients and learning how to prep patients for EEG. (15 hours weekly)

Clayton County, Georgia, United States

• Lead a special needs program at a sleepaway camp in northern Georgia, assisting campers with various types of special needs, including Down Syndrome and Autism, with all daily activities. • Assisted daily living schedules in the bunk. • Developed specialized programs to fit each camper’s needs and abilities, ranging anywhere from swimming to rock climbing. • Prepared meals for campers and accompanied them to activities (15 hours/day).

Education record

Health/Health Care Administration/Management

Activities and Societies: Global Environment at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health (Harvard Chan C-CHANGE; student leadership.

Pre-Medicine/Pre-Medical Studies

Activities and Societies: Completed Electromagnetism, Circuits, Waves, Optics, and Imaging and Mechanics courses in an 8-week intensive.