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Originally from San Diego, CA, I moved to North Carolina and in 2013 I graduated from University of North Carolina at Greensboro (summa cum laude, 4.0) with a B.S. in Biology (biotechnology concentration) with chemistry and anthropology minors. In 2018, I completed my PhD in Kris Wood’s lab at Duke University in the Molecular Cancer Biology program. My work focused on utilizing functional genomics approaches to uncover novel vulnerabilities in cancers with intrinsic or acquired resistance to anti-cancer therapies. I was fortunate enough in graduate school to secure key fellowships and awards, most notably, The NSF Graduate Research Fellowship, The NCI Pre- to Postdoctoral Transition Award (F99/K00), The BWF Graduate Diversity Enrichment Program, The Chancellor’s Award for Research Excellence, and others. Following graduate school, I was a postdoctoral fellow at Stanford University in the Genetics Department where I worked closely with another postdoc to understand the genetic liabilities associated with 3D growth in cancer spheroid models. Since then, I have worked at three start-ups that employ parallelized & high throughout functional genomics to make improvements to human health. The mentorship I received in my high school, undergraduate, and graduate training was pivotal to arriving at this place in my career. As such, I have a strong passion for mentoring undergraduates, early graduate students, research technicians, and scientists.Recently, I’ve taken a break from the science realm and have been exploring creative outlets. I signed with a modeling agency & have been writing poetry.

Listed skills include Cell Biology, Kinases, Western Blotting, Functional Genomics, and 18 others.