I am currently studying for an MBA in Health Care Management at the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, where I also recently received my MD. Before Penn, I completed a M.Sc in Public Health with a focus on cancer prevention at Oxford University as an Allbritton Scholar and graduated from Georgetown University in 2008 with a BS in Human Sciences.

While at Georgetown, I started the National Students of AMF Support Network (http://www.studentsofamf.org/), a nonprofit dedicated to supporting college students nationwide coping with the illness or death of a loved one.

I served as full-time Executive Director for the first four years and Board Chair for all seven years as the organization has grown to reach students on over 200 college campuses (currently 63 active chapters) and raise national awareness for this issue.

At Oxford, I assessed the integration of cardiovascular disease and cancer prevention efforts and worked with advocacy orgs, research institutions, and policymakers to improve collaboration in the UK.

During medical school at Penn, I focused my studies on hematology/oncology and rare disease research advocacy/drug development, including serving as a Strategic Planning Advisor to the UPenn Center for Orphan Disease Research and Therapy.

More recently, I co-founded the Castleman Disease Collaborative Network to accelerate research and treatments for one particularly poorly understood and deadly disease.

I have conducted independent research in the realms of college student bereavement, public health policy, rare disease research, and Multicentric Castleman Disease.

I am currently working on a book for young adults and college students dealing with grief.

Outside of work, I enjoy working out, college sports, and traveling-especially visiting extended family in Trinidad.

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