50 Research Reflection by Jasmine Aguilar Lopez

Faculty Mentor: Leandra Hernández (Communication, University of Utah)

I would describe my undergraduate research as rewarding and unique. I am very grateful to have such a wonderful faculty mentor that would push me out of my comfort zone and apply to an out of state conference in Albuquerque, New Mexico and participate on Research Day on the Hill. Dr. Hernández is filled with so much knowledge that it made writing this research fun and exciting. She has been a huge support in achieving what I wanted with my honors thesis and I would highly recommend her to any student who would like to hone in on environmental justice, Latinx communities, Reproductive justice, and health communication. his project is my honors thesis and I wanted it to reflect the struggles of Latina women and the intersection between reproductive justice and environmental health, which this does exactly that. I will continue to keep myself involved in research. I already had in mind to further my education but this paper will serve as evidence to do just so. I will continue to have this paper in mind as I am navigating my full-time role within Pfizer within the Institute of Translational Equitable Medicine.