Rocio Nunez (Student)
A Hinton Mentor and senior at Boston Latin Academy interested in studying biology and possibly physics. Completed Project Success: Opening the Door to Biomedical Careers in Dr. Richard Hodin's lab at Mass General Hospital studying "The Methodologies of Gel Electrophoresis and PCR". Also completed a project that analyzed the impact of changes in SNPs of iNOS and their possible impact in diabetes type I. This project placed 1st in the Boston Regional Science Fair and 3rd in the Massachusetts State Science Fair.