Chicago, Illinois; Grand Prairie, Texas

Education:

• BS Biological Chemistry, Biology, cum Laude, 2014
• Ronald E. McNair Post-baccalaureate Program, 2014
• Post-baccalaureate Research Education Program, 2016
• MS Nutrition Sciences (Research Track), UAB, 2018
• PhD UAB Nutrition Sciences, 2021

Dissertation: Evidence for a Bioelectrical Marker of Insulin Resistance in Premenopausal Women: Membrane Capacitance

Mentor: Dr. Barbara Gower

First Position Post-graduation: Postdoctoral Fellowship, Washington University School of Medicine -T32 in Obesity and Cardiovascular Disease

Why did you choose UAB? She chose UAB because it presented her with an opportunity to do phenomenal research towards cardiometabolic diseases and has a strong infrastructure and appropriate setting to study minority health disparities.