Bea is a third-year undergraduate student majoring in Psychology, minoring in Russian, and completing a certificate in Intercultural Communication. She was most recently involved in the LANGA project investigating changes in EEG activity associated with unfamiliar language acquisition. She hopes to participate in future research involving neurodegenerative disease, stress & illness, and the gut-brain axis. Outside of research, Bea’s personal interests include culture, language learning, sociology, theology, and baking.