Email: yabbouch@terpmail.umd.edu

A couple of years ago, I went on a trip to Ithaca and while there, I visited the finger lakes and all of the waterfalls in the area. That trip has given me a new appreciation for the natural wonders of our world and through my time in the science and global change scholars program, my hope is to learn how to use my major and my own resources to benefit our Earth now and in the future. As a bioengineering major, I hope to be able to start making these big differences beginning at the small scale. As a bioengineer, I plan on making use of the resources provided to me by UMD in order to gain some experience working in a lab to learn what the future may bring for me.