Kayla Sohn (TD’26) is a molecular, cellular, and developmental biology major from Long Island, New York. She is pursuing a global health certificate to learn more about the connections between governance, environmental epidemiology, food security, scientific communication, and public health. She hopes to improve science communication through the voices of those who are affected by inequity and bridge accessibility gaps by urging policy change through the eyes of rural farmers and local community members. As a World Food Prize Borlaug Scholar and Borlaug-Ruan International Intern, she aspires to understand the multifaceted challenges behind the urgent issues of food equity and the water crisis. As an intern in the M.S. Swaminathan Research Foundation in India, she worked in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, and did field research in Wayanad, Kerala, visiting tribal settlements and interviewing tribal women on how the WASH (water, sanitation, and hygiene) crisis affects their livelihood, health, and families. Kayla is currently a member of the Lee Lab in the Department of Laboratory Medicine at Yale School of Medicine, where she conducts research in human and translational immunology and immune-related adverse events. She is an MCDB peer mentor for the 2024-25 academic year and enjoys mentoring while learning from her peers. She is also a writer for the Yale Scientific Magazine and a violinist for the Davenport Pops Orchestra. In her free time, she enjoys exploring expression through writing poetry and spoken word, quilling, and listening to Korean music.