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I co-developed a course that focused on systemic racism in academia through the voices of Black academics. The course was taught in the Foundations of Physiology during the Fall quarter of 2020 and is designed for faculty, postdocs, and graduate students to present and guide organic conversations regarding the experiences of racism and concrete actions that allies can take to help dismantle systemic racism in academia.
I collaborated with members of Public Safety Advisory Committee (PSAC), UCI BioSci Faculty, members of the UCI student union, and other graduate students in writing a letter to the UCI administration to address systemic racism on campus. The letter included guidelines that aligned with PSAC’s Recommendations for the Transformation of Public Safety in the UCI Community and Vice Chancellor Haynes’ UCI’s Black Thriving Initiative.
I served as Vice President of QT STEM (Queer and Trans STEM) from 2018 to 2020. QT STEM is a graduate student led club serving as a place to discuss the intersecting identities being queer and scientists. This club gave me the confidence to unravel my personal identity and in turn gave me more confidence as a scientist. This leadership position allowed me to extend this experience to others at UC Irvine.
I co-developed a website aimed to answer questions about graduate school for first generation college graduates and/or graduate students through video interviews.
The name of the website: UCI Comparative Physiology +
Link to the website: https://sites.uci.edu/uciphysiology/
I co-developed a coding workshop using the MATLAB language to provide support and to create a network for other graduate students who are just starting to code for their dissertation.
I led mini lessons on how to manipulate numerical arrays, basics of for-loops, while-loops, and logical indexing.
I participated in a tide pool touch tank with K-8 students at Vista Verde Elementary School on Earth Science Day.
I served as a panelist at Beacon Park School for UCI Middle School Water Challenge.
I helped 8th grade students conduct data collection during the Girls in Ocean Science Conference at the Ocean Institute.
I enjoy participating in outreach events for K-12 students. Getting kids in this age group excited about science is very rewarding.
I wrote words of affirmation on cards that were included in boxes of toys given out at a toy drive at Perry Lindsey Academy hosted by the Gay For Good Volunteering Network.
I like to volunteer at toy drives to provide some comfort for underserved children during the holiday season.
I planted some mule fat at Newport Valley Riparian Restoration Day.
I also like to participate in conservation projects around Irvine when I get the chance!
As part of the journey in becoming a biomechanist, I served over 200 hours as a volunteer at UC Irvine Sports Medicine to deepen my understanding of locomotion.
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