I am continually learning and developing teaching and communication skills that aid in making bioinformatics concepts approachable and intriguing for students and for public audiences. With the advent of personalized medicine, it is more critical than ever that the public can understand how genomic data is created and analyzed, and the ethical questions involved. I am focusing my interests on introducing learners without a background in science or bioinformatics to biological and ethical concepts in genomic medicine. Mentors: Drs. Gloria Regisford, Debra Murray, Gayle Slaughter, Kim Worley, David Wheeler, Jeffrey Chuang, Gabor Marth