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"One of the questions I ask in my dissertation is, what does it mean to be physically far but psychologically close to a conflict? I find myself in the role of someone who is experiencing this war from afar yet incredibly close to my loved ones."

“The goal is to make sure everyone has an equal opportunity for treatments and cures. This resonated with me because I am interested in medicine and specifically making sure there is equity in medicine.”

I chose ��Ӱֱ�� because my college counselor recommended it to me. He said if I wanted to go to a school that competed at basketball at a very high level and also had a strong Mathematics Department, that ��Ӱֱ�� was the right school for me.

"The big push for student activism was what attracted me the most about ��Ӱֱ��. This is a campus where students use their passion to change things. My passion is running and I wanted to encourage people to cherish running and see it as a medium to build community and lift each other up."

"In high school I volunteered at DOROT, where I interned this summer, and found a community that is still very close to my heart today. Seeing that ��Ӱֱ�� had so many volunteer initiatives and similar clubs like Adopt-A-Grandparent drew me to the school and ultimately helped me to make my decision to attend ��Ӱֱ��." 

"Seeing ��Ӱֱ�� students always pursue their unique passions has pushed me to seek out roles and experiences that I would not traditionally apply to."

"The culture at ��Ӱֱ��: the Honor Code, being able to trust your neighbor, standing up for the little guy ... it does inspire and motivate me to keep going."

Pictured: Students in the 360°: Textiles in Context, which provided a multidisciplinary approach to the technical analysis, historical interpretation, and museum display of early Byzantine textiles.

She describes the College as “a gift of four years where I could focus on myself and my friendships and my academic interests. … So by the time that I was out in the ‘real world,’ I was already fully formed, and I wasn't going to change because of patriarchy.”

I will definitely be collaborating with the ECC’s four affiliated AMO groups (Sisterhood*, BACaSO, Mujeres*, and Zami+), but I hope to act as a resource for any student group that desires support around creating an inclusive environment for their members and event participants.

Don't let the comfort of having a cushion prevent you from growing. Experience isn't just a matter of years you've worked; it's what you've learned and how that can change where you go moving forward.

Over the next few years, my research aims will remain centered on investigating the genetics of underrepresented human ancestries—e.g., African, Latin American—and to use computational tools to understand the interplay between evolutionary processes and complex disease/phenotypes.