Throughout my years as a biomedical and life sciences student, I've transitioned into an integrative, interdisciplinary and academic pursuit. I am an Industrial Microbiology Graduate from the University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez, a Virginia Tech PREP alumni, Yale PATHS Scholar, and an incoming researcher at the NIH for the NIH Academy Enrichment Program (NAEP). I aspire to complete a PhD in Immunology, focused on host-viral pathogen interactions in the near future, and facilitate my services to HIV+ individuals, as well as providing my knowledge as a tool to further improve the quality, health and accessibility to health care services.