Education
B.S., Texas A&M University, Food Science & Technology, 2018
Ph.D. Student, Texas A&M University, Food Science & Technology
Biography
I am originally from Laredo, Texas and have received my bachelor’s in food science and technology here at Texas A&M. As an undergrad my curiosity led me towards learning to culture, harvest, and treat mammalian cells and Plasmodium (malaria) parasites. We were treating the cultures to gather experimental data on the functional properties of botanicals and isolated dietary components, and their role in disease prevention. Soon after, I began my PhD program following the same degree.
Research
Presently, as part of my graduate program, I am now facilitating a human clinical trial investigating the effect of mango phytochemicals on the intestinal microbiome and how probiotics impact the bioavailability of beneficial mango phytochemical metabolites.