I’ve always been driven by curiosity, the kind that made me bookmark riddles in my parents’ coffee-table book just to share them at school. Science became the bigger version of that, a place where the puzzles are real and the answers still need to be created. That perspective pushed me toward research that can make a real impact. My focus is on drug delivery and barrier biology, challenges that demand both imagination and persistence, and my curiosity across fields helps me design creative, interdisciplinary solutions. To me, “barriers are meant to be broken” means not only designing inventive ways for therapeutics to reach protected tissues, but also breaking down the walls between scientific disciplines and making science accessible so no one feels excluded. I care deeply, I work hard, and I’m committed to solving problems with solutions that make life safer and clearer for families like mine and for communities everywhere.