Nikhil Mistry was born in Miami, FL but has lived in Trumbull, CT since the seventh grade. As a graduate of Trumbull High School, Nikhil spent his time learning about the health field and competing with Trumbull’s We the People team, which ranks eighth in the nation. He participated in the Mini-Medical/Dental Program at the UConn Health Center, which allowed him to attend lectures about the various branches of medicine and dentistry. A biology major who plans to become a dentist, he has shadowed multiple dentists and has participated in a high school research program called Discovery to Cure, at Yale University.