A little more personal

My story

I grew up in a small town in Puerto Rico, surrounded by nature and farm animals — mornings with roosters, and food that came straight from our own soil. That connection to the natural world is probably why I’ve always been obsessed with understanding how things work.

Fun twist: I started as a geology major before switching to physics. I still love field trips and being outdoors, there’s something grounding about rocks, landscapes, and seeing Earth’s story written in layers.

Workshops Attended

I have been fortunate to participate in workshops and training programs that have exposed me to different areas of physics, from astrophysics and radio astronomy to high-energy physics, plasma physics, and scientific computing. Each experience has helped me grow as a physicist by connecting classroom knowledge with research tools, detector systems, data analysis, and collaborative scientific work.

Some of these opportunities include the CMS Data Analysis School in Winter 2025, where I gained experience with CMS analysis workflows, detector data formats, object reconstruction, and the tools used in large experimental collaborations. I have also participated in computing and software trainings that strengthened my skills in Python, terminal workflows, and analysis-oriented programming.

I have also explored other areas of physics through workshops such as the plasma physics program at the Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory and a radio astronomy workshop at the Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico. These experiences have shaped my appreciation for the diversity of physics research and motivated me to keep building skills across theory, computation, instrumentation, and data analysis.

Confenreces

I have had the opportunity to participate in conferences across astronomy, physics, and geoscience. One of these experiences was the American Astronomical Society meeting, where I presented work related to the study of the magnetar SGR 1935+2154 . This experience helped me share my early research interests in astrophysics with a broader scientific community.

I have also participated in the Conference for Undergraduate Women in Physics (CUWiP) in both 2023 at the University of Central Florida and 2024 at Clemson University. These conferences exposed me to different areas of physics, career paths, and research communities while helping me grow professionally as an undergraduate physics student.

Before fully transitioning into physics, I also attended the Geological Society of America meeting during my time as a geology major, where my work focused on rivers, water quality, and erosion in southeastern Puerto Rico. Upcoming conferences and meetings include the U.S. CMS Annual Collaboration Meeting at the University of Maryland, the APS Division of Particles and Fields meeting at Fermilab, the Fermilab Users and Affiliates Meeting, and the New Perspectives 2026 conference at Fermilab.