Brief Profile:
Awards: 2005 Biological Science Award at my junior college.
Research: Funded by my junior college to do metabolic research on parakeets during my sophomore year. Completed a poster presentation at the Annual Physiological Ecology Conference in Bishop, CA at the end of sophomore year.
Completed a summer long undergraduate research program at my university during 2007 summer. I worked on elucidating the genes responsible for biosynthesis of the active compound in St Johns Wort. Completed a poster presentation at my university's annual science and technology undergraduate research symposium in fall of 2007.
Volunteering: Volunteered at a local hospital on Surg Overflow, Medical Pulmonary, Ortho, Labor & Delivery for one year (over 200 hours).
Orientation week leader for incoming students at my university.
Drums/guitar for church and university worship teams for last 8 years.
Went to Mexico in Summer 2007 to build homes and in Winter of 2008 to help with a children's home.
// Applications //
Application Cycle One: 2007
Undergraduate college: Vanguard University
Undergraduate Area of study: Biological/Life Sciences
