Meet PHEFA Interns and Fellows

2023 PHEFA interns

Christina Limbert

• Pronouns: 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

• Pronouns: 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 or “Cow Killer”)

Victoria Ocasio Reed

• Pronouns: 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

• Pronouns: 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

• Pronouns: she/her
• Hometown: Racine, WI
• University: Fayette State University
• Internship: Division of Parasitic Diseases and Malaria, Atlanta, GA
• Favorite insect: Harmonia conformis (ladybug)

2023 PHEFE fellows

Kristen Joy Adkins

• Pronouns: she/her
• Hometown: Dover, DE
• University: Florida A&M University
• Fellowship: Dengue Branch, San Juan, PR
• Favorite insect: Copiphora cornuta (unicorn katydid)

Jacoby Clark

• Pronouns: 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 insects: Ampulex compressa (jewel wasp)

Juan de Leon Rivera

• Pronouns: 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

• Pronouns: she/her
• Hometown: Brownwood, TX
• University: Texas A&M University
• Fellowship: Arboviral Diseases Branch, Fort Collins, CO
• Favorite insect: Antheraea polyphemus (polyphemus moth)

Jamesia Henderson

• Pronouns: 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

• Pronouns: she/her
• Hometown: Lubbock, TX
• University: Texas Tech University
• Fellowship: Rickettsial Zoonoses Branch, Atlanta, GA
• Favorite insect: Phengaris arion (large blue butterfly)

Raelin Mamaril

• Pronouns: 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 (tobacco hornworm)

Abigail Yeboah

• Pronouns: 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: Chrysochus auratus (dogbane beetle)

2023 ORISE Trainee

Reinaldo Rivera

• Pronouns: he/him
• Hometown: Ponce, PR
• 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)