I am a Hanna Gray Fellow in the Malik and Subramaniam labs at the Fred

Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, where I explore the evolution of

of both ancient and recently evolved proteins.

I am originally from Medellin, a beautiful city in Colombia nested in the Andes.

I received my bachelor's degree in Biochemistry from Saint Louis University. At

SLU, I helped develop a chemical tagging method to enhance the sensitivity of

mass spectrometry detection of TCA cycle metabolites in James Edward's lab. I

then pursued a PhD in Chemistry at Duke University working with Prof. Emily

Derbyshire on host-pathogen interactions in the malaria liver stage.