I’d like to profusely thank a number of fellowships and programs which have fostered my scientific interests as well as provided invaluable support, guidance, and sense of community. In particular:

• Stanford Summer Research Program- Amgen Scholars (SSRP)
• Stanford ADVANCE Summer Institute
• Stanford El Centro Chicano y Latino- Graduate Scholars-in-Residence Program
• MBL- Summer Program in Neuroscience, Excellence and Success (SPINES)

• SfN- Neuroscience Scholars Program (NSP)
• Stanford Diversifying Academia, Recruiting Excellence (DARE) Doctoral Fellowship