Micah is a second year graduate student in the Neuroscience PhD program. She attended Baylor University in Waco, TX where she earned her BS in Neuroscience and was part of the McNair Scholars Program. Her past work as an undergraduate includes training in sleep and cognitive neuroscience as well as the regulation of gene expression. Additionally, she is broadly interested in elucidating the mechanisms involved in depression and other complex brain disorders while also advocating for mental health awareness.