The focus of my current research is on expression analysis of long non-coding RNAs in breast cancer and its application as novel biomarkers and potential therapeutic targets. Previously, I was part of a research team focused on the genomic characterization of rare pediatric central nervous system diseases. As a graduate student, I contributed to the development and application of high-throughput methodological and computational tools that enable efficient and accurate identification of genome-wide rare sequence and epigenetic variants. As an undergraduate student, I carried out research in infectious diseases investigating the protozoan parasite Trypanosoma cruzi the pathological agent for Chagas’ disease.