Ara is an autistic undergraduate biophysics major at the School of General Studies. Ara is actively serving as a Social Impact Fellow at Columbia World Projects for the 2023-2024 term. Furthermore, she is currently completing the Leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental and Other Related Disabilities (LEND) fellowship through Stony Brook University. She was awarded the Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowships (SURF) in 2022, and in 2023 worked as a research assistant at Columbia University's Department of Mechanical and Biomedical Engineering. After graduation in 2024, Ara intends to start a Master's Degree in Biomedical Engineering and then join an MD-PhD program with the aim of advocating for neurodiversity.
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