Sara is currently a Microbiology PhD candidate at the University of Pennsylvania where she works on stress responses in E. coli in Mark Goulian’s lab. She received her AS in Biology from Tulsa Community College and her BS in Microbiology from the University of Oklahoma. Prior to attending UPenn she completed a 2 year postbac fellowship at the NIH, which inspired her to attend graduate school. Sara is also a first generation college graduate who worked as a phlebotomist and a veterinary assistant throughout college.