I am an Associate Professor and the Undergraduate Program Director in the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at the University of New Mexico (UNM), and the Assistant Dean of Pre-Clinical Medical Education at the UNM School of Medicine. I served as PI and Outreach Director for two NIH-funded New Mexico research and education programs. I am the Director of PrEP, a post-baccalaureate program for educationally disadvantaged students preparing to enter medical school.  My discipline-based educational research focuses on problem-solving in Biochemistry.