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As the great-granddaughter of Mexican immigrants...

I have a connection to the Latinx community鈥攅ven though I was raised in a culture of white privilege听and don't听identify as bicultural.听 It was not until I took the course Practicing Anthropology that I realized why I have never been able to fully experience my Mexican heritage. I learned that through systems of oppression and assimilation, immigrants often work to rid themselves of their native culture to succumb to the 鈥淎merican Dream.鈥澨�

At the听same time, I was introduced to GENESISTER, a pregnancy prevention program for the siblings of pregnant or parenting teens. Through conversations about the issues that Latinx youth face today听and through my personal background,听I feel inspired to do research that will benefit the greater community. My goal is to work with those at GENESISTER to share experiences and stories that foster understanding and compel others to learn or do more to make a change.

More of Amy's Story

Amy Martinez partnered with Dr. Kathryn Goldfarb in the Anthropology Department in Summer 2019 to study how Latinx Youth act as Cultural Brokers in 麻豆影院 County鈥�.

I was incredibly intimidated as the only undergraduate in a seminar of mainly doctoral students.

There was a moment when we were all introducing ourselves and talking about our pieces.听At some point, Richard Danielpour, the composition teacher, interjected and said to everyone,

鈥淵ou know, when you applied for the program, I wasn't sure it would be good to have an undergraduate, and I still stand by that in principle, but I talked with the violin professor at CU and he vouched for you. It's clear you belong here."

I felt a newfound sense of confidence and resolve to work to be the best composer I could be.

Nelson Walker attended the Accedemia Chigiana in Summer 2019 to revise and compose an original composition in Siena, Italy. .

Experimental cinema can embody such a wide variety of subjects and techniques.

The first time I was exposed to experimental cinema, I听found that the strange abstractions only made me crave typical narrative Hollywood films. However, taking the Intro to Film Studies course showed me how experimental cinema can embody such a wide variety of subjects and techniques, from nature to abstract camera angles, to placing sheets or objects in front of the camera.

It was in this unfamiliar space where I made the connection鈥攅xperimental film can also be narrative! After being shown Lois Patino鈥檚 Mountain in Shadow, I went home and researched his work. What I discovered was his style is very similar to the type of filmmaking I am interested in, and I have now adopted his style as inspiration for my current project.

Shay Ding partnered with Dr. Don Yannacito in the Department of Cinema Studies & Moving Image Arts in Summer 2019 to create experimental films.

I learned and experienced more than I ever hoped.

One of the most important lightbulb moments for me was the first time I ran an MRI scan without the assistance of our lab manager. I have been interested in this research for a couple years, but it wasn't until I began running MRI sessions on my own that I knew I wanted to work in a neuroimaging lab.

Research has so many components, and I love all the work that comes with being part of a research lab; but I have discovered through working in this lab that I love neuroimaging the most. While my main interest is not psychopathology, I feel that I learned and experienced more in this lab than I ever hoped.

I will forever be grateful to Dr. Kaiser and our research team for giving me such a strong desire to keep learning and asking questions, and for showing me that I should follow the path I'm on.

Jamie Finegan partnered with Dr. Roselinde Kaiser in the Department of Psychology and Neuroscience in Summer 2019 to research affective disorders and depression.

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The moment I decided to pursue this research...

...came while I was working in my thesis advisor鈥檚 lab. In working on literature review and assessing clinical prescreens, my passion for research became clear鈥攁s I saw the pursuit of scientific knowledge and contribution and a possible lifelong goal for myself. I refocused my post-graduation plans from practice to research.

I have become passionate about addressing discrepancies in mood disorder research as I have performed a literature review and seen the day-to-day impacts that they have on individuals who have the disorder and the ways that psychological science might be failing some of these individuals.

Elizabeth Hoelscher partnered with Dr. June Gruber in the Department of Psychology and Neuroscience in Summer 2019 to examine the links between bipolar disorder risk and emotion dysregulation during the transition to college.

Developing this code entirely on my own was incredibly fulfilling.

As an aerospace engineering student, the concept of exploring atmospheric tracers didn鈥檛 stand out to me at first, but my lightbulb moment came early on when I was exploring ozone data. The surface ozone data I required was spread out over many different file types, and after contacting the NOAA, I grew impatient with waiting for a response. So I decided to do it myself.

Utilizing highly accessible data from the internet, I was able to create a beautiful Python visualization of the data. Developing this code entirely on my own was incredibly fulfilling and helped me to discover an amazing engineering skillset and a potential future career. It was through this process that I found a passion for data science and analysis.

Jashan Chopra partnered with Dr. Detlev Helmig in the Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research (INSTAAR) in Summer 2019 to investigate atmospheric arctic wildfire tracers.

It was rare for me to be in a class that taught lessons revolving purely around space exploration.

My inspiration for research on space exploration came from my undergraduate Orbital Mechanics class. It was rare for me to be in a class that taught lessons revolving purely around space exploration. I remember that being my favorite class from all four years of my undergraduate study. Since then, I鈥檝e sought out opportunities to continue learning about spacecraft design and the trajectories they can take.

Connie Childs partnered with Dr. Natasha Bosanac in the Smead Department of Aerospace Engineering Sciences in Summer 2019 to research low thrust approach trajectories for Martian systems.

I joined a research group to foster my passion for prosthetics.

My lightbulb moment was during my freshman year of undergraduate studies, in which I was required to take a short workshop on spatial visualization. At the beginning of the course, the professor explained what they did for a living outside of teaching: research on prosthetic devices. At first, I wasn't very interested.

It wasn鈥檛 until I thought more in-depth about the subject that I realized just how interesting the topic was for me. At the end of the workshop, I asked the professor if they had any time to talk about their work and whether they could recommend any resources to broaden my knowledge on the topic. Later, I joined a research group to foster my passion for prosthetics.

Christina Chase-Markopoulou partnered with Dr. Jacob Segil in the Engineering Plus Program in Summer 2019 to research soft actuators and prosthetic devices.