I have my B.S. in Physics and Astronomy with an emphasis in astrophysics and a minor in mathematics from the University of Missouri. 

I have my M.S. in Physics with an emphasis in astrophysics at the University of Texas at San Antonio 

I am currently a Ph.D. Candidate at the University of Texas at San Antonio. I am currently researching late-stage stellar evolution for low to intermediate mass stars, maser emissions in circumstellar envelopes of asymptotic giant branch stars and molecular dust in planetary nebulae.