Nothing fascinates me more than understanding why people do what they do. This underlying interest has not only motivated my academic studies at Georgetown for the past two years, but also my extracurricular activities. As a Neurobiology major, I explore the molecular and psychological elements that control human behavior. I am also very interested in higher-level functions like willpower, memory, and language, the latter of which I study as a Linguistics minor. Outside of the classroom, I work in a neurobiology lab that examines how the human cortex (the brain region predominantly involved in higher-level functions) develops and forms functional domains. While I appreciate the rigor and clarity of science, I also love the freedom writing has provided me to explore many different topics I am passionate about. In my column, "The Cortext," for the Georgetown University newspaper, The Hoya, and in my contributions to NextGen Journal's "Voices," I address the wide variety of behaviors and trends typical of any college campus and the scientific foundations behind them. In addition to a future career in medicine, I hope to continue writing about the issues that influence and inspire me.
