Dakota aims to pursue a career in either medicine, environmental conservation, or teaching.
Dakota is involved in FSU women's club rugby, American Women in Medicine, Presidential Scholars Service Board, and the E.N.D.O community club, and volunteering for The Kearny Center and American Women in Medicine.
Pho from my hometown Vietnamese place
Biology, math modeling, microbiology, epidemiology, and public health. Dakota conducted an analysis of the plant rhizosphere, the microbiome of the roots, in different Arabidopsis strains to determine the biological structures influencing plant immunity. She conducted this research under the supervision of Dr. David Thoms at FSU, and she enjoyed acquiring a deeper understanding of the biological mechanisms that shape the environment. She presented her research at the Undergraduate Research Symposium in the FSU student union in April.