I graduated from UMass Boston this spring 2024 with a Biology major. During my last year at UMass I studied yeast genetics, specifically genes functioning during meiosis II of yeast sporulation. Afterwards, I joined the Tufts Lyme Initiative as a research technician, and have been helping with projects investigating comparative immune responses of different mouse strains to Borrelia infection and efficacy of different vaccinations against Lyme Disease in infected mice