Meet PHEFA Interns and Fellows
2023 Interns



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)
2023 Fellows



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
2023 ORISE Trainee

Reinaldo Rivera, he/him
Hometown: Ponce, Puerto Rico
University: Ponce Health Sciences University, University of Puerto Rico in Ponce
Internship: Dengue Branch, San Juan, PR
Favorite insect: Toxorhynchites portoricensis (Puerto Rican elephant mosquito)