Shanicka Reynolds was born in Queens but has spent most of her life in Bloomfield, Connecticut, where she graduated from Bloomfield High School. She has taken part in UCHC’s Health Career Opportunities Programs, both Junior and Senior Doctors Academy. As a member of the Summer Research Apprentice Program Shanicka dissected over 55 mice in six weeks as she conducted research in Dr. Roger Thrall’s lab on white blood cells in Allergic Airway Diseased Mice.

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