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I was raised in a traditional New Mexican household with a large extended family. My upbringing provided me a dynamic environment with life lessons ranging from helping out on the family ranch in northern NM to actively contributing to the community through dance and other arts in Albuquerque... I was a scientist from an early age, winning science fair competitions in elementary and middle school with projects such as "What's the difference between music and noise?" and being a team lead for MarsProject where I designed and built a habitat for human life on Mars. As an undergraduate at the University of New Mexico, I studied Biology and Chemistry with the support of lottery scholarships and government grants, but still worked full-time as the manager of a coffee shop to support myself. Two professors in my last year of undergraduate studies encouraged me to pursue a career in science after seeing how their semester project assignments sparked a curiosity and drive for wanting to..

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