Flushing, Michigan
Biomedical Sciences major
Hometown: Flushing, Michigan
Major: Biomedical Sciences
Special honor: Truman Scholar nominee
Career goal: Professor/researcher of public health
Study abroad: Mexico and Belize
Senior Honors Project: “Fitness in the Beach Sand Environment: Assessment of Freshwater Beach Sand Versus Human Intestinal Escherichia coli Isolates”
Other research: “Gull Exclusion Project at Public Beaches in Michigan” and “Adolescent Depression and Early Adult Self-Rated Health”
Service passion: Alleviating racial and socioeconomic health disparities, both domestically and globally
Other CMU involvement:
Universities Allied for Essential Medicines, free health clinic
volunteer and Alternative Breaks in South Bend, Indiana (hunger and
homelessness), Johnson City, Tennessee (rural poverty) and Atlanta,
Georgia (refugee resettlement)
Favorite Honors memory: “Working with Dr. Alm on the gulf exclusion study introduced me to the worth of research early in my undergraduate career.”
Value of CMU Honors Program: “The connections you
make to faculty members through being a CMU Honors student and engaging
in a Senior Capstone Project provide great resources and wonderful
opportunities for graduate work.”