Massachusetts Institute of Technology

2015-16: CoSIDA Academic All-District At-Large … NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship … Patriot League Academic All-League … Patriot League Academic Honor Roll … CRCA Scholar Athlete … appeared in eight events … was a member of the V8, competing in four events in the #7 seat and two in the #3 seat … finished third in the grand final of the Patriot League Championship (5/13) … placed third in the petite final of the EAWRC Sprints (5/1). [SEASON RESULTS]

2014-15: Starter in the V8 boat as a junior … Academic All-Patriot League … Patriot League Academic Honor Roll … CRCA Scholar Athlete … raced in all eight events for the Engineers … started the season in the five seat with the Championship 8 entry at the Head of the Charles (10/19) … moved to the three position at the Princeton Chase (10/26) … shifted to the bow at the Foot of the Charles (11/15) … started the spring season with the Engineers in the three seat against Boston College, Dartmouth, and UMass (4/4) … rowed from the five seat for the remainder of the season, rowing at the George Washington Invitational (4/10), at Holy Cross/Rutgers (4/25), and at the EAWRC Sprints (4/25) … concluded the year helping the Engineers reach the grand final at the Patriot League Championships (5/15).

2013-14: Academic All-Patriot League … Patriot League Academic Honor Roll  … started the year in the three seat of the Championship 8 crew for the Head of the Charles (10/20) … stayed in the three seat of the V8 crew for the Princeton Chase (10/27) … switched to the one seat of the C4 boat for the Foot of the Charles (11/16) …  moved to the five seat in the 2V8 crew in the spring and started eight of nine races there … helped the crew to wins over Rutgers (4/6), St. Joseph’s (4/11) and George Washington (4/12) … moved up to the V8 crew in the six seat against Boston College/Northeastern (4/26) … moved back to the five seat of the 2V8 crew for the Patriot League Championships (5/16) and helped MIT to a fourth-place overall finish.

2012-13: Saw action in six events during the season … started the season in the six seat of the A8 boat at the Dartmouth Green Monster (11/3) … stayed in the six seat of the N8 boat at the Foot of the Charles (11/10) … six seat of the second varsity 8 in the spring at the Beanpot (3/30) and the Knecht Cup (4/13) … moved to the four seat for the Muri Cup (4/27) … also rowed in the three seat of the varsity 4 boat at the Knecht Cup.

Off the Water at MIT: Majoring in biological engineering … concentration in Portuguese … medical Intern in the Dr. Garcia Rinaldi Foundation's Summer 2013 Program … intern in the Massachusetts General Hospital's Tissue Engineering Lab through the MIT Externship Program … medical internship through the Fundacion Dr. Garcia Rinaldi in Puerto Rico … research on enhancing synthetic bone grafts at the Vacanti Tissue Engineering Lab of the Massachusetts General Hospital … Undergraduate Researcher at the Cell and Molecular Therapy Center of the University of São Paulo in Brazil-worked to optimize a protocol to analyze samples from endometriosis patients … James E. Cunningham Memorial Scholar … Class of 2001 Student Life Scholar … MIT MedLinks - Community Health Coordinator (2015-16), Membership Coordinator (2014-15), Simmons Residential Director (2013-14) … Colleges Against Cancer - Relay for Life Director (2015-16), Team Management Vice-President (2012-13, 2013-14, 2014-15) … Minority Association of Pre-Medical Students - President (2015-16), Vice President (2014-15), Planning Chair (2013-14) … Association of Puerto Rican Students - Vice President (2014-15), Social Chair (2013-14)… Engineer's Without Border’s communications leader … Organic Chemistry and Biology Tutor for the MIT Office of Minority Education … Reading tutor for the Cambridge Community Center through MIT ReachOut … Mentor for the Big Sister Association of Greater Boston … Mentor for Partners for Youth with Disabilities … Salsa dancer for MIT Casino Rueda … Intramural Volleyball Player.

High School: A 2012 graduate of Academia San Jose High School … Varsity Volleyball (4), Varsity Softball (3) and Varsity Basketball (1) Awards … captain of the softball team … National Honor Society … Valedictorian … National Hispanic Recognition Scholar … various medals in the Puerto Rico Math Olympiads … English Forensics President (3 years) … Student Council Representative … National Honor Society Vice-President.