CV

EDUCATION

University of California, Los Angeles - Bioengineering - Ph.D. 12/2021
- GPA: 3.745/4.0
- Advisor: Dr. Xinshu (Grace) Xiao
- Dissertation Title: “Function and Regulation of Nucleotide Variants in RNA”
University of Florida - Biological Engineering - B.S. 05/2015
- GPA: 3.84/4.0 (Honors Program, Summa Cum Laude)
- Minor: Biomolecular Engineering
United World College of the Adriatic - International Baccalaureate - 05/2011

UCLA Latino Alumni Association 10/2022 – 06/2023
- Guided undergraduate Latinx students in strategizing their paths toward graduate school or securing employment opportunities. Communications Biology Journal (reviewer) 03/2023
- Selected as a reviewer for a manuscript on RNA editing regulation.
Genomics Proteomics and Bioinformatics (reviewer) 08/2024
- Selected as a reviewer for a manuscript on phylogenetic signal inference from single-cell RNA-sequencing data
Dashew Center for International Students and Scholars 09/2016 - 06/2017
- Assisted incoming international students to help them adapt to their new university and life in the United States
Diversity and Science Lectures (DASL) 2024
- Member of the DASL organization at UCLA that aims to promote diversity and inclusion through scientific seminars, social activities, and workshops.

Computational skills
- Analysis of Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) data, including bulk RNA-seq, single-cell RNA-Seq, and Third Generation Sequencing data (PacBio, Nanopore)
- Software development using Python.
- Machine Learning using Scikit-Learn
- Programming languages: proficient with Python, Bash, and R
- Software: Adobe Illustrator, SolidWorks
- Carried out projects on Google Cloud Platform (GCP)
- Operating Systems: Linux/Unix/Ubuntu, Mac OS, Windows
Laboratory skills
- PCR
- RNA and Protein expression analysis
- Cell culture
- Optical Coherent Tomography (OCT) and Electroretinogram (ER)
Languages
- Native or bilingual language proficiency: Spanish and English.
- Limited working proficiency: French and Italian