I am a lab specialist at UVA that studies neurodegenerative diseases, diseases that worsen the health of our nerve cells. In May of 2024, I graduated from Rutgers University's Honors College after studying Molecular Biology and Biochemistry and English. I plan to pursue my PhD in Neuroscience and continue my research on Alzheimer's Disease (feel free to ask me about it!). I love learning and teaching, so I am really excited to be teaching with CHEC. Throughout the last few years, I have tutored and taught classes in STEM and the humanities. I designed and taught STEM classes at Rutgers that were focused on first-year college students. As for my teaching philosophy, I support a learn by doing mindset and experiments are a great way to do just that! In my free time, I love to hike, climb, paint with watercolors, and read.