Victoria was born and raised in Fountain Valley, California. She attended the University of California, Berkeley where she earned her BS in bioengineering and focused on biosensing nanowires, viruses for energy production, and drug-eluting polymers.
As a PhD candidate in the UCSF-UC Berkeley Joint PhD Program in Bioengineering, Victoria is conducting research alongside her amazing undergraduate mentees in Professor John Dueber’s lab at UC Berkeley. Her research is at the intersection of genetic engineering and metabolic engineering in yeast to repurpose peroxisomes, an organelle found in most eukaryotic cells, to efficiently produce valuable products.
Outside of lab, Victoria can be found enjoying time with friends, tending to her plants, and playing tennis.