Paola Aguilar Neuville is a 3rd year medical student at Indiana University School of Medicine. As a Latina woman from a region where treatable cancers claim millions of lives, she is committed to research as a way to both give back to the community that nurtured her and have a broader impact in the field of oncology. Her research year began in July 2024 in the lab of Dr. Jaehyuk Choi at Northwestern in Chicago.