• MS IV, JHUSOM (M.D. anticipated May 2013)
• Summer Project (2009): Designed and implemented a networked database to track antiretroviral therapy regimens, lab results, hospitalizations, and opportunistic infections in pediatric HIV patients, currently in use for research and patient care at Hospital del Niño, Panama City, Panama
• Franklin Paine Mall Award (2008-09): for outstanding performance in the first year medical curriculum

• MPH Candidate, JHSPH (MPH anticipated May 2012)
• Concentration: Epidemiology and Biostatistics
• Capstone project: Household transmission dynamics of Streptococcus pneumoniae in Native American households
• Reed-Frost Scholarship & Dean's Alumni Scholarship recipient

• Bachelor of Arts, Biochemistry (Departmental High Honors), May 2006
• Salutatorian, Middlebury College, Class of 2006
• GPA: 3.98, College Scholar for all semesters at Middlebury, Phi Beta Kappa
• Senior Thesis: "Cloning, Expression, and Partial Purification of Glutamine-PRPP Amidotransferase from Escherichia Coli and Preliminary Analysis of Phosphoribosylamine, its Unstable Metabolic Product"

• Linguistic and cultural immersion program with coursework in Spanish culture, literature, and history

• Coordinated development, supply acquisition, fund-raising, publicity, scheduling, strategic planning, and implementation of a community-based health care program, which provided more than 1500 patient-provider interactions from July 2007 to July 2008
• Lived and worked in Carlos Chavira, an underdeveloped neighborhood in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico
• Worked with Mexican physicians and community members to establish a walk-in primary care program in Carlos Chavira, providing geriatric and family services every two weeks, and a series of quarterly health awareness events
• Developed and coordinated short-term medical and dental aid trips for teams of American health care providers and students, working alongside community members and providers from Juárez
• Recruited new short-term teams; developed and compiled resources for pre-departure team planning; coordinated on-site preparations; managed bicultural teams of American and Mexican staff and volunteers; interpreted for English-speaking health care providers and Spanish-speaking patients; implemented program-wide, bilingual medical records system; organized follow-up care sessions

• Researched and reviewed literature on de novo purine biosynthesis
• Experimented in the laboratory with cloning de novo enzymes and analyzing their kinetics via NMR, in a project which was then developed into a senior thesis

• Aided in administering, servicing, and deploying hardware and software resources for Wellspan Health
• Trained medical personnel in the use of new computer systems

Highly proficient in oral/written Spanish

Proficient in Stata, basic knowledge of database and web design (Access, HTML, CSS, limited experience with PHP/MySQL), networking (especially in Windows-based systems), and Linux

Interpreted for and assisted physicians during two-week trips to Honduras (CURE International, 2004 and 2006) and Ciudad Vieja, Guatemala (People Building People, 2007) ; have also traveled to Juárez, Mexico (2003, 2004, 2006), Nassau, Bahamas (2001), Montego Bay, Jamaica (1999), and Allende, Mexico (1998, 1999, 2000) for short-term community-development-oriented trips

• Bienestar Baltimore (Baltimore, MD): delivered Spanish-language health education talks in a small-group setting (Fall 2008-present)
• Incentive Mentoring Program (Baltimore, MD): Tutor (2008-2009)
• Boy Scouts of America: Eagle Scout (2002)
• Hobbies: photography , programming, guitar