Meet PHEFA Interns and Fellows

Tess Brown, she/her

Hometown: Baton Rouge, LA

University: Southern University A&M

Internship: Arboviral Diseases Branch, Fort Collins, CO

Favorite insect: Forficula auricularia (European earwig)

Kaitlyn Gorby, they/them

Hometown: Uvalde, TX

University: Sul Ross State University, Southwest Texas Junior College

Internship: Rickettsial Zoonoses Branch, Atlanta, GA

Favorite insect: Dynastes hercules (Hercules beetle)

Aaleyah Kelso, she/her

Hometown: McDonough, GA

University: Tennessee State University

Internship: Dengue Branch, San Juan, PR

Favorite insect: Butterfly

Kelsey Lewis, she/her

Hometown: Durham, NC

University: North Carolina Central University, East Carolina University, Durham Technical Community College

Internship: Dengue Branch – San Juan, PR

Favorite insect: Dragonfly

Ryan Noah, they/them

Hometown: King, NC

University: Fayetteville State University

Internship: Arboviral Diseases Branch, Fort Collins, CO

Favorite insect: Butterfly

Carolina Yara Cespedes, she/her

Hometown: Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic

University: Antillean Adventist University

Internship: Rickettsial Zoonoses Branch, Atlanta, GA

Favorite insect: Peruphasma schultei (stick insect)

Jacoby Clark, he/him

Hometown: Lumberton, NC

University: San Francisco State University, North Carolina State University, Robeson Community College

Fellowship: Bacterial Diseases Branch, Fort Collins, CO

Favorite insect: Parasitoid wasps

Juan de Leon Rivera, he/him

Hometown: Mayaguez, PR

University: University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez

Fellowship: Arboviral Diseases Branch, Fort Collins, CO

Favorite insect: Papilio demoleus (lime butterfly)