Carmen B. Rodriguez earned her M.P.H in Epidemiology and Biostatistics and is currently working as a Research Project and Data Manager of several NIH/NIC funded studies on breast cancer screening and prevention in diverse populations at Columbia University Medical Center. She is starting her Ph.D. in Biostatistics Fall of 2021, where she will be working on developing biostatistical and data science methods with application areas ranging from cancer, epidemiology, precision medicine, and health disparities (especially among Latinx populations).

Celeste Nsubayi is an aspiring Clinical Psychologist with interests in psychiatric disorders including, personality disorders and schizophrenia. Her goal is to better understand how mental disorders manifest in members of underserved populations in order to develop and implement more culturally competent assessments and therapies.

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Celia Martínez-Aceves is an aspiring physician and is currently studying to earn a B.S. in Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology at Yale University. She has recently been inducted into Sigma Delta Pi, The National Collegiate Hispanic Honor Society. She aims to pursue a medical degree and one day have a family medicine private practice.

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Kryztal Pena is an aspiring physician scientist who hopes to become a Medical Oncologist and conduct research on cancer disparities. Kryztal is currently working as a medical assistant while also preparing her applications for MD/PhD programs. Kryztal's also passionate about mentorship and developing the pipeline. She spends her free time mentoring URiM pre-med students via her YouTube channel!

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Shreya Desai is an aspiring physician and is currently studying to earn a M.S. in Community Health and Prevention Research at Stanford University. She aims to continue her research in cancer prevention and survivorship to eliminate health disparities and to provide culturally competent care and solutions to medicine.

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Tania Peña Ortiz is a first-generation student who aspires to pursue a career as a physician. As a public health enthusiast with a keen interest in chronic diseases, she hopes to address the health disparities that impact underserved and marginalized communities through advocacy, evidence-based research, and better patient-centered care.

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Thai Hien Nguyen earned her Master Degree in Public Health at the Yale School of Public Health (YSPH), Department of Chronic Disease Epidemiology. Thai Hien is the Associate Director in the Office of Research at the YSPH. She also is a Research Assistant II on a multi-site, NIH-funded grant examining chemotherapy adherence in breast cancer patients enrolled in a lifestyle intervention. Thai Hien research foci span cancer prevention, control, and survivorship (with particular emphasis on breast cancer).

Email: ThaiHien.nguyen@yale.edu

Yaideliz M Romero Ramos is an aspiring public health scientist who is passionate about studying the social determinants of health and reproductive health conditions such as endometriosis and polycystic ovary syndrome in historically excluded groups. Her goal is to become a science communicator and a community advocate. Currently, she is working as a COVID-19 contact tracer while preparing to apply to MPH program.

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