I excelled in high school biology courses and received a 5 on the AP Biology exa... m. I graduated from high school in Bangor, Maine with a 4.2 GPA and went on to complete a summer research internship at the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation studying cell cycle regulation in a cancer biology laboratory. I received my B.S. in biochemistry & molecular biology with minors in microbiology and French from Oklahoma State University in 2017. I graduated with a 4.0 GPA and an honors college degree. There, I took graduate-level independent study courses in current genetics research and worked as a research assistant studying the pathophysiology of myocardial infarction in the context of underlying diabetes. My research was published in the journal Frontiers in Physiology in 2019. I graduated from the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center with an M.D. in 2021. There, I performed at the top of my class and was elected to serve as the student chair for the Medical Education Curriculum Committee for three years. In addition to my regular coursework, I tutored a gross anatomy laboratory course for three months and assisted in teaching clinical skills workshops. After deciding not to pursue clinical practice, I now want to share my passion for the biological sciences through education and research.read more