Undergraduate chemistry student Yesenia Rodriguez Reyes tackles a biological mystery when nematodes turn up without their heads — and bacteria become the prime suspect
Born in San Diego and growing up in Tijuana, Yesenia Rodriguez Reyes was the first person in her family to go to college. After transferring to San Diego State University from Southwestern College, she participated in biology professor Robert Luallen’s Host-Bacteria Interactions Workshop, which he designed for first-gen college students like himself.
Head to SDSU NewsCenter to learn more about Rodriguez Reyes’ STEM story and how she investigated this scientific phenomenon no one in the Luallen lab had ever seen before.