BUILD Students of the Week: February 22, 2019
Every Friday we'll highlight one BUILD Trainee from each of the Learning Communities -- 295, 395 and 495 -- so that you can get to know them better.
UNIV 295
Aaron Chavarria
Associate
Major: Chemistry
Hails from: South Central Los Angeles
Research Interests: Developing inhibitors for enzymes which directly affects cognitive ability in patients with Alzheimer's and Huntington's disease
Personal Interests: Music, Photography, and Video Games
Favorite Scientist: Richard Feynman, theoretical physicist
Fun Fact: I marched in the Rose Parade with the LAUSD All City Marching Band
UNIV 395
Jeffrey Nguyen
Year One Scholar
Major: Biomedical Engineering
Hails From: Fountain Valley, Calif.
Research Interests: Optic nerve and spinal cord engineering
Personal Interests: Playing the piano, creating music, FORTNITE, swimming, cooking
Favorite Scientist: Nikola Tesla, inventor, electrical engineer, mechanical engineer, and futurist
Fun Fact: I did figure skating for 3 years :)
UNIV 495
Coleen Villegas
Year Two Scholar
Major: Speech-Language Pathology
Hails From: Caloocan City, Philippines
Research Interests: Neurological disorders; Dementia; Traumatic Brain Injury; Aphasia; Stroke; Bilingualism; Autism Spectrum Disorder; Cognition
Personal Interests: Cooking, watching movies, listening to music and podcasts
Favorite Scientist: Antonio Damasio and Hanna Damasio, neuroscientists
Fun Fact: I immigrated to the United States when I was eight years old
