Meet PHEFA Interns and Fellows

Christina Limbert, she/her

Hometown: Fayetteville, NC

University: University of North Carolina at Pembroke

Internship: Arboviral Diseases Branch, Fort Collins, CO

Favorite insect: Apis mellifera (European Honeybee)

Trinity McNeil, she/her

Hometown: Raeford, NC

University: North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University

Internship: Arboviral Diseases Branch, Fort Collins, CO

Favorite insect: Dasymutilla occidentalis (Velvet ant aka “Cow Killer”)

Victoria Ocasio Reed, she/her

Hometown: Laurinburg, NC

University: Fayetteville State University, Richmond Community College

Internship: Dengue Branch, San Juan, PR

Favorite insect: Diogmites crudelis (Hanging Thief Robber Fly)

Gloria Raise, she/her

Hometown: Milan, Italy

University: New Jersey Institute of Technology

Internship: Division of Parasitic Diseases and Malaria, Atlanta, GA

Favorite insect: Verrallia aucta

JeNaiyah Scaife, she/her

Hometown: Racine, WI

University: Fayetteville State University

Internship: Division of Parasitic Diseases and Malaria, Atlanta, GA

Favorite insect: Harmonia conformis (Ladybug)

Kristen Joy Adkins, she/her

Hometown: Dover, DE

University: Florida A&M University

Fellowship: Dengue Branch, San Juan, PR

Favorite Insect: Copiphora cornuta (unicorn katydid)

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: Jewel 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)

Cassie Durden, she/her

Hometown: Brownwood, Texas

University: Texas A&M University

Fellowship: Arboviral Diseases Branch, Fort Collins, CO

Favorite Insect: Antheraea polyphemus (polyphemus moth)

Jamesia Henderson, she/her

Hometown: Miami, FL

University: Florida A&M University

Fellowship: Division of Parasitic Diseases and Malaria, Atlanta, GA

Favorite Insect: Apis mellifera (Western honeybee)

Sri Jyosthsna Kancharlapalli, she/her

Hometown: Lubbock, TX

University: Texas Tech University

Fellowship: Rickettsial Zoonoses Branch, Atlanta, GA

Favorite Insect: Phengaris arion

Raelin Mamaril, they/them

Hometown: Yorkville, IL

University: University of Illinois at Urbana – Champaign, Waubonsee Community College

Fellowship: Rickettsial Zoonoses Branch, Atlanta, GA

Favorite Insect: Manduca sexta

Abigail Yeboah, she/her

Hometown: Baton Rouge, LA

University: Southern University and A&M College, University of Ghana

Fellowship: Division of Parasitic Diseases and Malaria, Atlanta, GA

Favorite Insect: Dogbane beetle