At Capital Vision, I am responsible for taking patients medical histories, administer a variety of visual tests, organize and chart patient records, and assist Dr. Amy Kotecha, MD in minor opthamalic surgical procedures. I also get the opportunity to shadow Dr. Kotecha during patient exam and interactions.

I am a tutor for Psychology classes for the division one student athletes and other students at American University. I create lesson plans and answer any questions the students have during our tutoring session.

I am an assistant researcher to Dr. Holly Swanson at American University. Our research involves surveys with the ultimate goal to improve the general biology curriculum at American University. We plan to compare upper level biology students experiences in general biology courses to the expectations laid out by the upper level and general biology professors.

In this position, I am responsible for sharing the main goals and message behind out fraternity as well as create a larger presence of this chapter on campus. I try to bring in as many pre-medical students as I can through planning recruitment events, which consist of meet and greets between those interested in joining PhiDE and active members, share information about our philanthropic duties, and educate potential members about the history and philosophy of our chapter. I plan multiple recruitment events as well as a new member project, conduct new member education, and plan Big/Little reveal.

This summer I will be characterizing a newly identified subtype of inhibitory interneuron inthe mouse dentate gyrus. I will use immunohistochemistry to investigate the expression ofdistinct molecular markers in this cell type, comparing these expression patterns with those in otherestablished interneuron subpopulations. I will be trained to transcardially perfuse mice forfixation, dissect out mouse brains and section fixed mouse brains on a freezing microtome. Inaddition to this work, I will contribute to an ongoing project examining how VGluT3+interneurons contribute to spatial navigation and dentate gyrus mediated contextualdiscrimination. This will entail training on mouse handling, habituation for behavioral assays andrunning behavioral assays on our virtual reality system.

I worked in Dr. Chris McBain's lab, shadowing Dr. Geoff Vargish. I characterized a newly identified subtype of inhibitory interneuron in the mouse dentate gyrus. I used immunohistochemistry to investigate the expression of distinct molecular markers in this cell type, comparing these expression patterns with those in other established interneuron subpopulations. I was trained to transcardially perfuse mice for fixation, dissect out mouse brains and section fixed mouse brains on a freezing microtome. In addition to this work, I will contributed to an ongoing project examining how VGluT3+ interneurons contribute to spatial navigation and dentate gyrus mediated contextual discrimination. This entailed training on mouse handling, habituation for behavioral assays and running behavioral assays on a virtual reality system.

I served golfers via a beverage cart, an outdoor grill, and an indoor grill. This involved mixing drinks, making a variety of food, and dealing with monetary transactions.

I was a sales associate at Modell's Sporting Goods prior to its closure in 2020. I learned how to help customers find the best apparel options for them, work with a cashier, and overall, better customer service skills.