Leadership

 

• Cell, Molecular & Developmental Biology Admissions Committee Member (2014-2016)

  • Graduate Biomedical Sciences Program, Birmingham, AL

  • I actively participate in all aspects of admissions/recruiting; review applications, organize and carry out interview weekends, help select applicants for acceptance into the graduate program.

 

• Elected, Communication Board Co-Chair – Graduate Biomedical Student Outreach (GBSO)

  • UAB, Birmingham, AL

  • My duties include development and maintenance of organization website as well as marketing and communications for events both on campus and in the community.

 

• Volunteer/Leader – Physiology Understanding Week (PhUn Week) - Supervisor Dr. Carmel Bevensee-McNicholas

  • Various Elementary School in Birmingham, AL

  • My duties include design and lead experiments to engage elementary students. I also teach a small lecture on physiology and how the body works.  

 

• Admissions Representative 

  • Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minority Students (ABRCMS)

    • Seattle, WA, 2015

    • San Antonio, TX, 2014

  • My duties include attending and engaging in recruitment activites with students during the conference. I also interact with students during their admissions process. 

 

• Guest Lecture - Quaker Valley Middle School, Sewickley, PA.

  • I was invited to give guest lectures to the 7th and 8th grade students during their biology and honors biology classes.  

 

 

Honors

 

• 2016-2017 Re-elected, Communication Board Co-Chair – Graduate Biomedical Student Outreach (GBSO)

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• 2016-2017 Elected, Secretary – Society for Advancement of Chicanos/Hispanics and Native Americans in Science (SACNAS) - UAB Chapter 

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• 2015-2016 Elected, Communication Board Co-Chair – GBSO