UConn Year of Graduation (Undergraduate): 2012
Undergraduate Major(s): Physiology and Neurobiology
Currently Employed By: UCONN, Resident Physician
Updates: I graduated from UCONN School of Medicine in May 2016. I will be staying at UCONN for general surgery residency, beginning in July.
Montanez
2009 Rowe Scholar: Maritza Montanez
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Maritza Montanez is from Ansonia, Connecticut, where she graduated from Ansonia High School as salutatorian, captain of the girls’ tennis team, and Director of Conferences for the Human Relations Club. A biology major, Maritza is a member of the Combined Program in Medicine. She has volunteered over 150 hours at her local hospital, where she also participated in a Mini-Medical School program. In 2007, she was selected as a semifinalist in the Young Epidemiology Scholars Competition for her research project entitled “Obesity in Adolescents as a Result of a Sedentary Lifestyle.”