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Boys And Girls Clubs Of San Francisco- Sunnydale, Malcom X Academy

Provide academic support for students in underserved communities in San FranciscoTutor elementary and middle school Mathematics, Writing and Literacy Facilitate and promote active learning skills for support with homework assignments and conceptual understanding

Westborough Middle School, South San Francisco, Ca

• Supported special education students in both classroom and one on one settings under the guidance of the classroom teacher • Provided prompting and redirecting for students with behavioral challenges while completing class activities and assignments• Assisted teacher in organizing, preparing and setting up in-class activities; graded activities on both paper and Google Classroom • Provided students with support in academics (spelling/literacy/writing) and motor skills such as typing and handling art supplies

Spruce Elementary School, South San Francisco, Ca

• Provided one on one support for student with major behavioral tendencies in TK general education classroom setting • Identified and applied specific reinforcers and escalation triggers/patterns to support student with in-class activities and emotional self-regulation • Implemented modified classwork for student and de-escalation techniques as needed • Supported preK special education students in classroom setting to aid with proper sanitation and autonomous functions

San Francisco Unified School District

Health screening of students before the school day beginsHealth screening and first aid as needed Monitor the isolation room with symptomatic or COVID19 positive studentsAssist with contact tracing and follow up calls to families who are on quarantine or isolation. Support vaccination or testing efforts as needed

Elk Grove, California, United States

• Assisted technicians with basic veterinary procedures ie. blood draws, vaccines, IV catheters • Obtained and monitor patient temperature, heart rate and respiration vitals post-surgery • Administered subcutaneous injections for treatments such as vaccines and antibiotics• Interviewed clients to obtain patient symptoms and wellbeing for appointment check-ins

Sacramento County, California, United States

• Performed proper disinfection protocols of kennels, treatment areas, hospital tools• Recorded and restock hospital supplies regularly for patient treatments • Assisted veterinarians with physical exams on patients

Davis, California, United States

• Participation in honor’s program conducting arbovirus research in the Coffey lab • Guided by research faculty on how to effectively create and design scientific experiments • Attended weekly seminar classes discussing research papers with authors

Davis, California, United States

• Conducted arbovirus research experiments and field work under PhD students and post-doctorates on Zika virus, Saint Louis encephalitis virus, Chikungunya virus • Regularly maintained Vero and BHK21 mammalian cell lines for plating and in-vitro viral infections• Aided with virus extraction from necrotic non-human primate tissue for Chikungunya vaccine trials • Performed qRT-PCR on mouse and non-human primate tissues for viral titer analysis

Davis, California, United States

• Restrained patients and observed procedures ie. blood draws, chemotherapy treatment • Interacted with veterinarians, students and technicians to discuss cases and treatment plans• Observed veterinary faculty and 4th year students discuss cases with clients and perform physical exams on patients

Durban, Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa

• Shadowed medical doctors in clinical rotations at the Nelson Mandela School of Medicine; rounds included Surgery, Pediatrics, and Neonatal Care• Collected blood samples under the supervision of nurses at local clinics at pediatric HIV clinic • Participated in political and cultural immersive activities on HIV/Tuberculosis prevalence and healthcare in South Africa

Davis, California, United States

• Assisted lab members with research projects on fungi pathogen, Fusarium in strawberries and blackberries• Carried out laboratory procedures including soil assays, tissue assays and creating agar plates for projects • Executed laboratory maintenance including autoclave, biohazard trash, dishware cleaning

San Francisco Bay Area

• Conducted mentored research on individual project “Co-localization of Parkinson’s Disease-associated LRRK2 aggregates with autophagic markers” • Studied aggregation of protein “LRRK2” within H1299 cells via live-cell fluorescence microscopy and protein markers using GFP, mCherry for imaging• Performed lab techniques under supervision including transfections, transformation, bacterial plating

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Global Disease Biology, 3.65/4.0 Cum Laude

Pre-Health Professions Post-Baccalaureate, 4.0/4.0

3.7/4.0

Activities and Societies: Director of Individual Events, Lowell Forensics Society UCSF Lowell Science Research Program Intern California.

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