Education:
University of Puerto Rico – Rio Piedras
Cellular and Molecular Biology major
B.S., 2019
MSTP Student Governance:
- Student Advisory Committee, 2023-2025
- Student Admissions and Recruitment Committee, 2023-2025
- JEDI Committee, 2022-2024
- WISM, 2025-2026
Honors & Awards:
- Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award for Predoctoral MD/PhD Fellows, National Institute on Allergy and Infectious Diseases, 2026 - 2029
Thesis Advisor: Kristin Hogquist, Ph.D.
Publications
Martinez RJ, Rivera-León AM, Nikolaeva A, Esposito K, Vobořil M, Boorsma Bergerud K, Arroyo M, Nelson AC, Farrar MA, Tracy SI, Reboldi A, Fife BT, Hogquist KA. mTECs and B cells form a thymic microniche associated with B-cell licensing. J Immunol. 2026 Jul 10;215(7):vkag185. doi: 10.1093/jimmun/vkag185.PMID: 42464563
Lakshminarayan K, Urbanski DP, Hunt SL, McCarthy T, Steele MV, Ghimire U, Baig F, Rivera-León AM, Berning MJ, Belhasan D, Schorr EN, Gaugler JE. Caregiving for Older Adults with Hypertension: A Scoping Review. J Appl Gerontol. 2026 Jul 29:7334648261472538. doi: 10.1177/07334648261472538. PMCID: PMC13420025
For work prior to the UMN MSTP:
Hubler Z, Friedrich RM, Sax JL, Allimuthu D, Gao F, Rivera-León AM, Pleshinger MJ, Bederman I, Adams DJ. Modulation of lanosterol synthase drives 24,25-epoxysterol synthesis and oligodendrocyte formation. Cell Chem Biol. 2021 Jun 17;28(6):866-875.e5. PMCID: PMC8217109
