Third-year undergraduate at the University of California, Santa Cruz studying Marine Biology. Animal Care Facilitator at the UCSC's Office of Research, Beltran Lab Field Assistant. Interested in researching cetaceans and delving into their behavioral patterns. I would like to expand my knowledge about marine conservation and climate change with hopes of that as my career path. I am currently seeking internship opportunities to expand my expertise in the field of marine biology.
Assist with northern elephant seal sedation procedures, assist with weaner weighing and collect resight data for the long-term mark recapture data set. Assist in lab with blood measurements from northern elephant seals.
Greet customers and pets, schedule appointments, answer phones and emergency calls, clean exam rooms and kennels, process checkouts and payments, file charts.
General research animal care, following SOP, operating autoclaves to sanitize cages, operating tunnel washers and rack washers, removal of mice after euthanasia, inspect mice and transfer them, recording mice data, assist in blood draw and fecal collection.
Assist in stable isotope project, UCSC, Beltran Lab. Cut and weight elephant seal whisker samples using a microbalance to assist in a project to create an ocean isoscape.
Former UCSC Women’s NCAA Soccer Player 2021-2023.
Dean’s Honor List - Winter 2022.
PADI Open Water Diver.
AFAA Indoor Cycling Instructor.
English: Native/proficient
Spanish: intermediate
Proficient