B.Sc. Biochemistry and Cellular Biology. University of California, San Diego.

I earned two Associates of Science from Santa Rosa Junior College and then went on to University of California, San Diego where I earned my Bachelor’s of Science in Biochemistry and Cellular Biology. Currently, I am a first-year graduate student in the Molecules, Cells and Organisms program.

Generally, I am interested in cell fate during development. Specifically, I am interesting in uncovering the molecular mechanisms behind those decisions.

John Salogiannis, Jenna R. Christensen, Livia D. Songster, Adriana Aguilar-Maldonado, Nandini Shukla, and Samara L. Reck-Peterson. “PxdA interacts with the DipA phosphatase to regulate peroxisome hitchhiking on early endosomes” Molecular Biology of the Cell 2021 32:6, 492-503