2020-2021 Cohort

Amanda Cantu

Psychology

Mentor: Dr. Tonya Buchanan
Research: Sleep and Healthy Food Choices: The Link Between Sleep, Healthy Food Choices and Physical Activity

Caroline Cruz

Chemistry

Mentor: Dr. Gil Belofsky
Research: Flavonoids of Dalea nana with Different Activity Toward ABC Transporters of Genetically Modified Fungal Strains

Lesly Cruz

Sociology

Mentor: Dr. Cynthia Baiqing Zhang
Research: TBA

Kahmina Ford

Biophysics & Electrical Engineering

Mentor: Dr. Erin Craig
Research: Computational Model for Electromagnetic Gradient Cues: Promoting Grown Cone Protrusion and Repulsive Guidance

Jazmin Gonzalez

Anthropology

Mentor: Dr. Rodrigo Renteria-Valencia
Research: Farm Workers Facing a Pandemic: Understanding Yakima Valley Farmworker Experience during COVID-19 Global Pandemic

Gerald Lemmon

Sociology & Women's Gender and Sexuality Studies

Mentor: Dr. Griff Tester
Research: PrEP Uptake Among LatinX MSM in Yakima Valley

Vanessa Montano

Applied Mathematics

Mentor: Dr. Brandy Wiegers
Research: Investigating the Oversimplification of Mathematical Models in Medicine

Luis Perez

Music Performance

Mentor: Prof. Carrie Rehkopf Michel
Research: Romances for Violin: Analyzing the Differences Between Beethoven's Romances for Violin and Piano

Priscilla Perez

Law & Justice

Mentor: Dr. Charles Reasons
Research: Racial Threat and Policing in Washington State

Rebeca Ruiz

History & French

Mentor: Dr. Michael Johnson
Research: Franco-Americans in Manchester, New Hampshire

Desiree Ramirez

Physics & Biophysics

Mentor: Dr. Erin Craig
Research: Computational Model for Growth Cone Motility: Guidance Using Laser-Induced Thermal Gradients

Victoria Shearer

Biology & BioMedicine

Mentor: Dr. Timothy Beng
Research: Sustainable Synthesis of Pharmaceutically Pertinent Lactones by Intramolecular sp3 a- C-H Oxygenation of Amino Acids

Bridget Smith

Biology/Ecology

Mentor: Dr. Kris Ernest
Research: The American Pika (Ochotona princeps) and Climate Change: Occupancy along Elevational Gradients in the Eastern Cascade Range

Che'Lynn Smith

History

Mentor: Dr. Masonya Bennett
Research: A Literature Analysis of the Black Experience of College Students in the Pacific Northwest: How Place Can Define Identity and Awareness of Black Issues

Raeanne Tegman

Biology

Mentor: Dr. Gabrielle Stryker
Research: Comparison of Lyme Disease and Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever in Free Living Ticks and Ticks Found on the Southern Alligator Lizard in Washington State

2021-2022 Cohort

Roy Cruz

Applied Math & Physics

Mentor: Nathan Kuwada
Research: 

Heidi Flores-Montiel

Environmental Science

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Masina Ieremia

Philosophy & Public Policy

Mentor: 
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Julianna Kropla

English Language & Literature

Mentor: Dr. M O'Brien
Research: 

Tomas Mariscal

Physics

Mentor: 
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Luke Michel

Geology

Mentor: 
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Murshed Ramos

Philosophy & Religious Studies

Mentor: 
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Tanisha Roman

Information Technology & Administrative Management/Modern IT

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Bianca Sanchez

Psychology & Sociology

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