Education

B.S. (Industrial Biotechnology), University or Puerto Rico, Mayaguez, 2013
Ph.D. (Pharmacology), University of Pennsylvania, 2020

Specialty Certification

National Registry of Certified Chemists, 2022
American Board of Clinical Chemistry, 2024

Postgraduate Training

Fellowship, Clinical Chemistry, Baylor College of Medicine/Texas Children's' Hospital, Houston, 2020-2022

Awards and Honors

Southwestern Industrial Association (SWIA) Scholarship, 2008-2013
Dean’s List, Faculty of Arts and Science, University of Puerto Rico, 2009-2013
FASEB MARC Summer Internship Funding, 2011
βββ National Biological Honor Society, 2011-2013
Best Poster Presentation Award, ABRCMS, 2011
FASEB MARC Travel Award, Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minority Students (ABRCMS), 2011
John C. Johnson Award for Excellence in Student Research, 2012
βββ Biological Honor Society Caribbean Regional Convention, 2013
John O’Brien Award for Best Poster, Pharmacology Graduate Group Annual Student Symposium, 2017
Best Oral Presentation, Med intro Grad Symposium: Harnessing Cellular Therapies, 2019
Best Oral Presentation, Trainee Research Symposium, Baylor College of Medicine, 2021
AACC Student Poster Competition Award, Honorable Mention, 2021
AACC Academy’s Distinguished Abstract, AACC Annual Scientific Meeting, 2021
AACC Texas Meeting Abstract Award, 2022

Memberships and Professional Organizations

Society for Advancement of Chicanos/Hispanics and Native Americans in Science (SACNAS), 2015 - 2020
Penn Society for Advancement of Chicanos/Hispanics and Native Americans in Science (SACNAS) Chapter, 2016 - 2020
Scientist Mentoring and Diversity Program - Medical Technology Scholar, 2019 - 2020
Association for Diagnostics & Laboratory Medicine, 2020 - Present

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Selected Publications