Cynthia joined the Graybiel lab through the MIT Summer Research Program (https://oge.mit.edu/graddiversity/msrp/) in 2019 and has remained in the lab as a full-time research assistant ever since. Cynthia graduated from the University of Massachusetts Boston with a degree in Cellular & Molecular Neuroscience and will begin her PhD in Neuroscience this fall. She is currently studying dopamine signaling throughout associative learning phases in early-stage Huntington’s disease. She is most interested in how early life factors play a role in the formation of both structural and functional connectivities within the limbic brain and how environmental insults that occur during these critical stages could lead to long-term detrimental effects in choice behavior and motivation in later life. When not in the lab, Cynthia enjoys drawing, dancing bachata, and cooking. 

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