Week 6 – Puerto Rico

Wow! I cannot believe it has already been six weeks in Puerto Rico. This week was filled with quite a few ups and downs. We were able to travel to El Yunque, which is a national rainforest in Puerto Rico. With waterfalls, natural swimming areas, and gorgeous views, we...

Week 5: Progress

This week has been rather hectic! So many fun and exciting things have happened. I currently have tested my experiment on five participants and have two more scheduled for next week. I am hoping that I will hear back from a few other people I have emailed about...

Week 5 in Puerto Rico!

I can’t believe it has already been five whole weeks here! For a large portion of the beginning of our visit, we struggled to find participants and were also held back with a COVID exposure. Once we got back to campus and the summer session had started up, we went...

Week 3: Testing

This week was a blur of activity in both my research work and exploring. Our team in San Juan has been having a hard time recruiting participants and getting the word out. To help spur further engagement, our group went around to the summer classes that started this...

San Juan – Week Four

Well… this week there is not much to report. I got COVID and tested positive on Monday. Luckily my roomies Caden and Maria Rebecca didn’t get it! Unfortunately, my symptoms were severe and I have been pretty much unable to get out of bed this week. I am...

Week 4 – Minor Setback!

Our Puerto Rico team had a few setbacks this week, starting with Memorial Day. I was about to schedule my second participant but unfortunately had to reschedule to the next week since the gates were locked during the holiday! I am hopeful that I can run this...