Elena is a bioengineering student at the University of California Berkeley, concentrating in synthetic and computational biology. She is most excited about the potential applications of genetic engineering, from curing heritable diseases to better feeding the planet. Her career aspirations are to obtain her doctorate degree and work in industry, with a focus on global health. At UC Berkeley, she is a team member and intern director for the Berkeley iGEM Team and is involved with the Bioengineering Honors Society (BioEHS).