What I'm up to these days. Updated monthly.
Location
š Berkeley, California, USA
š And, more broadly, the San Francisco Bay Area
Current obsessions: Iāve beenā¦
- Trying to gain a more fundamental understanding of my postdoc mentorās / my labās 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 ānon-linearā as of late. I dropped the Public Health major and am now only majoring in Molecular and Cell Biology. Iāve always been interested in becoming a physician,
but Iāve 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!
- Emphasis on ānon-linearā as of late. I dropped the Public Health major and am now only majoring in Molecular and Cell Biology. Iāve always been interested in becoming a physician,
Downtime
- Weightlifting
- Basketball @ the RSF and random parks in the city
- Running!
Disliking running less and lessI 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
- 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