My background is health science with a focus on human health; I have worked in the hospital environment and labs from the medicine side of science for 19 years. When I began my Masters at Scripps Institution of Oceanography, I wanted to explore seafood safety and the possible link to human health. I am currently working on a project that analyzes bioaccumulation of metals in two species of Southern California sea urchins. My goal is to monitor metal accumulations in the marine ecosystem of Southern California and beyond to clean up human-caused pollution.