Redwood City, California, United States
Dermatology PGY-3 Resident at Stanford Health Care. Graduate of Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center's Transitional Year Internship (PGY-1). Alumnus of The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University (MD), Princeton University (AB - Molecular Biology), and the University of Pennsylvania (Pre-Health Specialized Post-Baccalaureate Certificate). Member of Alpha Omega Alpha (AOA) Honor Medical Society and Gold Humanism Honor Society. From Managua, Nicaragua.
Dermatology Resident - PGY-3 Clinical Scholars Track
Transitional Year Intern - PGY-1
Current Projects: (1) Confidence and Knowledge of the Unstable Patient Among Graduating Medical Students Across Colombia; (2) Analyzing the impact of Rhode Island urban heat islands on Emergency Medical Services utilization Advisor: Katelyn Moretti, MD
Scholarly Concentration Project: Evaluating the Beliefs and Values of Rhode Island Latinos Regarding Quality End-of-Life Care Advisor: Gowri Anandarajah, MD
Case: "Speratum: Building a Life Science Startup in a Developing Country" Research assistant and writer of case studies in English on healthcare entrepreneurship in Latin America. Case will be used in the classroom for MBA candidates at INCAE Business School. Created under the direction of Dr. Andrea M. Prado and Mr. Lawrence Pratt. Manuscript published in Health Policy, Management and Innovation
Thesis: Investigating the Role that the G3BP protein Rasputin plays in the regulation of nanos expression Studied the role of Rasputin--the only Drosophila homologue of G3BP proteins which tend to be over-expressed in various human cancers--in the post-translational regulation of Nanos during oogenesis in this model organism. Obtained data was presented in senior thesis and in poster sessions in the Department of Molecular Biology. Skills developed include Drosophila husbandry and genetics, immunoblotting, immunofluorescence, and written and oral scientific communication.
I held one-on-one conferences with undergraduate and graduate students in the University to help them with any part of the writing process. Strategized with Princeton's Council of Science and Technology to enhance writing pedagogy and advising in STEM courses
I provided one-on-one tutoring to students enrolled in "Introduction to Cellular and Molecular Biology", one of Princeton's most popular pre-medical courses.