Meet the author:
Carolina Ruiz
Pre-Med
Carolina Ruiz is a rising fourth-year undergraduate student at Stony Brook University in Long Island, New York. She is pursuing a Bachelor of Science in Biology with a specialization in Ecology and Evolution. She is currently a part of the Future Ready Student: Connecting STEM Women to Industry Program at SBU and will be completing an internship at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center the summer of 2021. As a premed member of the American Medical Women’s Association she writes blogs speaking out for women and minorities in medicine. She is passionate about speaking out for the Latinx community and aspires to become a mentor to other first-generation students someday.