Relevant Professional and Academic Events 

National Science Foundation - Graduate Research Fellowship Program (NSF-GRFP).                                                     March 2023 

University of California, San Diego, CA 

Joined Scott Sternson's Research Team                                                                                                                                                     Jan 2023 

Neurosciences Department                                                                                                                                 

University of California, San Diego, CA

Seed Fellowship.                                                                                                                                                                                                   Nov. 2021 

University of California, San Diego, CA 

Neurosciences Graduate PhD Program Enrollment                                                                                                                             Sept. 2021 

University of California, San Diego, CA 

Competitive Edge Program                                                                                                                                                                               Aug. 2021 

Mentor: Li Ye, PhD

University of California, San Diego, CA

National Science Foundation - Graduate Research Fellowship Program (NSF-GRFP).                                                      March 2020

Honorable mention                   

Computational and Systems Neuroscience (Cosyne) Conference 2020 Travel Award                                                      March 2020

(Did not accept)

NIH Maximizing Access to Research Careers (MARC)                                                                                              June 2018 –  May 2020

Undergraduate Student Training for Academic Research Fellowship

The University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX

Applied Molecular Genetics Program (AMGEN) Scholar                                                                                                      Summer 2019

Stanford Summer Research Program (SSRP)

Mentors: Luis de Lecea, PhD and Jeremy Borniger, PhD

Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences 

Stanford University, Stanford, CA                                                    

The Society for Advancement of Chicanos/Hispanics and Native Americans in                                                                       Oct. 2018

Science (SACNAS) – National Award, Best Poster Presentation Award in

Neuroscience and cash price, San Antonio Texas. San Antonio, TX

Summer Research Opportunities Program Honorable Mention                                                                                                      Aug. 2018

The University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA

Summer Research Opportunities Program (SROP).                                                                                                                               Aug. 2018

Mentor: Aaron Boes MD/PhD

Department of Neurology 

The University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA

Research Initiative for Scientific Enhancement (RISE)-2 Scholar                                                                   Aug. 2017 – June 2018

The University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX

Best Undergraduate Poster Presentation – Neurobiology                                                                                                             Oct. 2017

The University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX

Joined Isabel Muzzio's Learning and Memory lab                                                                                                                                  Aug. 2017 

Biology Department                                                                                                                                 

The University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX

Rising Researchers Program Scholar                                                                                                                                                             Aug. 2016

The University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX

Texas Excellence Award Scholarship                                                                                                                                    Aug. 2016- Aug. 2020

San Antonio, TX

Biological Sciences Undergraduate Enrollment                                                                                                                                        Aug. 2016

The University of Texas at San Antonio , TX