1. Mónica Rivera
24 Barcelona, Terralinda Caguas, Puerto Rico 00727
Mobile: 787.967.1858 E-Mail: monica.rivera100@gmail.com
Education
University of Puerto Rico at Cayey
Fall 2012 - Present
Candidate for Bachelor of Science Degree, May 2016
Major: Biology
Cumulative GPA: 3.375
Courses taken: General Biology, General Biology Lab, Zoology, Zoology Lab, General Chemistry, Chemistry Lab, Laboratory
Techniques Course, Seminar in Scientific Literature.
Planned courses: Botany, Organic Chemistry, Biochemistry, Anatomy, Physics, and Immunology, Microbiology.
Thomas Alva Edison School, Caguas, Puerto Rico
2009-2012
High School Degree, 3.90 GPA
Salutatorian Award, Community service in pre-school grades at Thomas Alva Edison School, Personal tutor in all 5 major
subjects (English, Spanish, Math, History and Science)
Skills
Excellent communication and organizational skills; MS Office (Excel, Word, PPT).
People person, fast learner, inquisitive, perseverant, responsible, and dedicated.
Languages
Written and Oral Spanish and English
Research
Research Initiative for Scientific Enhancement (RISE) Program
University of Puerto Rico at Cayey, RISE Laboratory
Spring 2013
The Endocrine Society’s Minority Access Program
Spring 2013
STARS Program at the University of California, San Diego
Dynamic Regulation of the Transcription Factor FOXO1 in Pituitary Gonadotrope Cells
Summer 2013
RISE Program
Dynamic Regulation of Metabolic Syndromes by Posttranslational modifications of Forkhead
transcription factor FOXO1
Fall 2013
Presentations
Summer Research Conference at the University of California, San Diego
August 15, 2013
RISE Symposium, University of Puerto Rico at Cayey
August 19-30, 2013
RISE Research Student Symposium, University of Puerto Rico at Cayey
December 6, 2013
