Estefany L. Cotto López

Master Medical • estefany.of Sciences Science cotto@Campus, in gmail.Environmental University com • 787-of 429-Health Puerto Education 1879 Rico • PO Box 1842, Las Piedras PR, 00771 May 2016 • San Juan, PR

Graduate Bachelor University School of of Science Puerto of Public Rico, in Microbiology Humacao Health Campus May 2013 Humacao, PR

Compliance System Coordinator Work Experience May 2018-Present PRICH Inspector Department • • • Biotech, In Monitoring Handling charge Guide of Homeland Corp. of compliance the administration Security, audits. audits FEMA, of for operational the Traceability facilities. systems. Nov 2017- Humacao, 40hrs/Jan week 2018 PR Contractor with WSP USA Inspection Services 40hrs/week

• Helped house-to-visiting house FEMA inspections Inspectors and translate assessing between damage English to homes Spanish and personal while performing Caguas, property PR Health Health following Department Inspector the of Hurricane Puerto Rico Maria’s landfall. Sept 2016-Nov 2017 Medical Cannabis Regulatory Board Office 37.5hrs/week

• • • Enforce manufacturing Helped Develop treatments. develop health a patient and regulation the dispensaries. protocols demographic in Medical and guidelines and Cannabis medical used establishments census in the inspections. to keep including track of cultivation, San patients’ Juan, PR Research Department Medical Sciences Assistant of Anatomy campus, and University Neurobiology of P.R. Oct 2015-20hrs/Jun 2016 week

• • Successfully Greater Successfully research Fructose project performed gathered Consumption Greater relevant the Fructose procedures during literature Consumption Adolescence and and acquire case Relative during studies all the to data Adolescence for Adulthood the and research statistics in Relative San Mice. Juan, project for the PR to Adulthood in Mice.

Animal • • • Managed anesthesia Successfully Successfully Health Technician Animal and gave updated administered training Care different for to the new their lab rodents research procedures. medications)being assistants . studied. in lab (Monitored protocols June and rodents 2013- procedures. Jul under 2014 Caribbean • • Worked treatment Successfully Primate alongside and Research updated environmental with and Center, Animal maintained UPR-enrichment Health RCM the Technologists medical for non-records human and primates. of Veterinarians the facility. 20hrs/in Toa medical Baja, week PR Research Experience

Project: Distribution Along the Life Zones of Puerto Rico of the Individuals that Compose Museum • The Collection of the Zoology, purpose Bird database Collection University of this belonging project of of the Puerto MZUPRRP to was the Rico to Museum generate of Zoology distribution at the maps University Nov from 2015-of the Feb Puerto 2016 Bird Rico, members Río Piedras can start Campus their with studies the help of population of ArcGIS program. density With and these stability maps, studies museum of migratory density. birds and studies to determine the effects of urbanization on population Thesis USDA, • APHIS Thesis Internship Division, Research: Veterinary Assessment Services of Prevention at P.R. Methods for Diseases Associated Mar-with Aug 2015 Farm Fairs show and that Petting the lack Zoos of regulations in the Island for of the Puerto contact Rico. between The purpose animals of this and study people was in to farm evaluating fairs and different petting farm zoos fairs represent using a a standard public health checklist risk. prepared The assessment with the was done prevention the different methods farmers other and personnel States use in in charge their farm of the fairs, fairs. and by doing interviews to o Managed and petting and zoos. successfully The checklist developed was also a formal used as checklist a questionnaire to evaluate for the interviewing farm fairs the farmers and people in charge of the fairs.

o Successfully made the assessment for the sample of study. o Rotation in - - TB Swine various Test with Sick projects Inspection Animal Calls and Inspections Health inspections. for the Technicians Bovine Tuberculosis and Veterinary Surveillance Medical Officers Program assisting

- - Testing Rotation new with products Food for Safety tick elimination and Inspection in beef and Service dairy cattle. in a livestock slaughterhouse.

Project: Casa • Pueblo A Adjuntas Geology project Non-which municipality. Profit of La studied Organization Olimpia It the Forest, also geology gave Adjuntas, and the Casa biodiversity Puerto Pueblo Rico of organization, the Forest La which March-Olimpia May is a in 2014 non- the profit detailed environmental report of the watchdog forest and community-how to use based the information organization found in the for municipality, educational, a recreational fauna of the area. and conservational purposes. I studied and documented the flora and Assistant University Student of Puerto in Rico, the Ecology Humacao Research Campus Laboratory Aug-Dec 2011

• The including research testing project the was effectiveness to assess of ecological native cover tools for crops enhancing in small crop farms fields, in Research Immunology • northeastern and Intern of this Intern managed and Position research Molecular Ohio. the for was analysis the I analyzed to Parasitology research study with how the Image “Expression role Research the J. native of the Lab, of protein cover rFh UPR-4.crops 26 rFh RCM in were 4.Fasciola 26 in growing F. hepatica”. hepatica May-the August farm with The soils 2010 goal the purpose samples of of the developing protein a using vaccine biotechnology for cattle in techniques the near future. such as My Purification role was to Analysis analyze and Western Blots. Skills

Open • • • • • • • • • • Water Fluent Experience Knowledge Knowledge Experience Experience Experience Experience Experience Experience Scuba in Spanish using and handling with with with with of and Diver PRISM knowledge experience sanitation aseptic Microbiology, Animal Microsoft & English. laboratory and and Care STATA practices in of Office. Basic sterile techniques traceability Standard Molecular Certifications instruments. softwares knowledge techniques. and Operation and safe Biology systems for procedures. in food statistics French and Procedures. such handling. Chemistry & as analysis. American MJ Freeway Techniques. Sign and Language. BioTrack April 2011