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Ava Jeannette DeConcini

Masters Student in Sustainability Science and Practice, admitted Autumn 2022
Material Reuse Intern, Sustainability Operations
Other Tech Graduate, d.school

Contact Info
Mail Code: 4021
avadecon@stanford.edu

Angela Ginger DeContreras

Research Technical Manager, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory

Contact Info
- 2575 Sand Hill Rd
- Mailstop 0054
- Menlo Park, California 94025
Mail Code: 0210
- (650) 926-4447 (office)
gingerd@SLAC.Stanford.EDU

BioCassandra (Casey) Mendoza Decosto (she/they) is a proud first-generation Filipina American from Los Angeles, California. A Pasadena City College alumna who transferred to CSU-Los Angeles, she previously studied singlet-oxygen photochemistry with Prof. Matthias Selke. Now, as a Chemistry Ph.D. candidate in Prof. Laura Dassama’s lab, she leverages bioinformatic and biochemical approaches to discover novel proteins that drive metabolite trafficking, membrane remodeling, and antibiotic evasion in bacterial pathogens such as Treponema pallidum. As a CBI ChEM-H and EDGE fellow, Casey works to increase educational and research access on and off campus through programs like Stanford’s Community College Outreach Program (CCOP).