What I'm up to these days. Updated monthly.

Location

šŸ“ Berkeley, California, USA
šŸŒ‰ And, more broadly, the San Francisco Bay Area

Current obsessions: Iā€™ve beenā€¦

  • Trying to gain a more fundamental understanding of my postdoc mentorā€™s / my labā€™s research
    • The process of writing a research proposal for my senior honors thesis has helped with this tremendously
  • Gradually figuring out what I want to do through a long, non-linear process of elimination
    • Emphasis on ā€œnon-linearā€ as of late. I dropped the Public Health major and am now only majoring in Molecular and Cell Biology. Iā€™ve always been interested in becoming a physician, but Iā€™ve been considering the MD-PhD path more seriously. Research has really grown on me! MD-PhD is 8 years of training, not counting residency, thoughā€¦
    • I will apply for MD-PhD programs in the coming year!

Downtime

  • Weightlifting
  • Basketball @ the RSF and random parks in the city
  • Running! Disliking running less and less I enjoy running now :)
  • Putting together a progressive house DJ set, like this one
  • Learning how to play the acoustic guitar (fingerstyle) electric guitar. I like the sound and versatility of an electric more.
  • Reading
  • Being nerd sniped by cool stuff on the internet
  • Learning mainly Portuguese + some Cantonese on Duolingo

Work stuff

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  • Undergrad majoring in Molecular and Cell Biology @ UC Berkeley
  • Research assistant @ the Innovative Genomics Institute
  • Patient scribe @ UCSF (Transplant Nephrology)
  • VP of Women in Weightlifting @ Cal