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The one thing that I love to do in my spare time is knit! It is a great hobby that I established with my grandmother. I also enjoy playing soccer, skiing, and reading. During my Junior year of college I interned at the Yale University School of Medicine Department of Pathology. During this time I actually had hands-on experience in performing numerous autopsies! I have two younger sisters ages 9 and 12, and two younger brothers ages 11 and 15. One thing I want to do in the future is travel all o

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I have two B.S. degrees from the University of connecticut/new-haven">New Haven in Biology and Forensic Science. I made the deans list all but one of my semesters in college! I currently work full-time as a DNA technologist for Genedx. I would like to gain some experience over the next year in research and clinical settings to help me determine what I would like to do with my future.

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