Student Spotlight: Sandra Pena
Questions Can you tell me a little bit about yourself? I am a professional student seeking a second graduate degree in entomology and plant pathology through the Herbert College of Agriculture. Professionally, I have worked as an infectious disease epidemiologist for the last eight years, but I have always been interested in zoonotic diseases. So, I started pursuing this degree because I am interested in the intersection of public health and insects as vectors of disease. What are your current interests? I am mostly interested in mosquitos, ticks, and fleas as they are transmitters of diseases like Yellow Fever, Malaria, Lyme disease, and plague (to name a few) all of which are very serious diseases investigated by public