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Getting Greened

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I started the Green Card process about two years ago, and it’s still ongoing.
This process is extensive, to say the least, and really makes you think about immigration in general. It’s unbelievable how much of your life you put on hold to get permanent residency, but the most shocking part is, I am doing it the fast and easy way.

My t-shirt designs

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Around February 2022, as part of the 10th anniversary of the Institute of Quantitative and Computational Biosciences (QCBio) Collaboratory at UCLA, they called for t-shirt designs to commemorate this occasion. As the name indicates, the QCBio Institute is a partnership of multiple departments at UCLA that perform quantitative and computational research in biology. The Collaboratory, is a component of this institute in charge of providing research support and workshops to researchers.

Trip to Bolivia

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In December, 2019 I went to Bolivia for vacation. I try to return every year for at least 2 weeks to visit my family. That time, I had the opportunity to bring my girlfriend with me. Never before have I felt so much like a tour guide, but it was a great experience to show her my country.

Public transportation in the United States

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I have taken the Metrolink train about 10 times in the past two months, during which three trips were significantly delayed—one with a 90+ minute delay for what is typically a 60-minute trip. I also rode the LA Metro, which is, to say the least, a challenging experience. For instance, I once witnessed a young woman threaten other passengers with a knife after they expressed discomfort about her carrying it.

Llamas and antibodies

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Whenever I talk to non-Bolivian people about my country, I like to mention that we have llamas. Llamas are the national animal of Bolivia and are used for their wool, meat, and as pack animals.

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Molecular Parasitology

Teaching assistant, Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Molecular Genetics, UCLA, 2017

Teaching assistant for the course Molecular Parasitology.

Variant Calling with GATK

Technical workshop, UCLA QCBio Collaboratory, 2020

I taught this workshop in summer 2020 as a temporary instructor for the UCLA QCBio Collaboratory. The workshop was held online due to the pandemic. The material consists of a hands-on tutorial on the Best Practices protocol from GATK for small germline variant calling.

Concepts in Molecular Biosciences

Assistant instructor, Department of Molecular Biology, UCLA, 2024

Assistant instructor for the course Concepts in Molecular Biosciences.

Intro to Unix and HPC Computing

Technical workshop, UCLA QCBio Collaboratory, 2026

This workshop introduces foundational command-line skills and high-performance computing (HPC) workflows for reproducible bioinformatics research.