I received my BS in Public Health with a minor in agriculture from Rutgers University and my MS in Toxicology from Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health. Following the completion of my masters, I moved to California and currently hold a position for the US Environmental Protection Agency as a technical lead in wildfire and air toxics research. My professional and academic interests lie in environmental pollutant fate and transport, as well as developmental toxicity and teratology, and global health. At UCLA, I am working with Dr. Sanjay Mohanty to study the fate and transport of PFAS in the environment.