Sarea

Recalde Phillips

Sarea Recalde Phillips

University Park, PA 16802
316.371.8498
syr5403@psu.edu
sarearp@gmail.com

Objective

To participate in a summer research experience for

undergraduates

Education

The Pennsylvania State University

Class of 2019, University Park, PA

Awards/Certificates

Deans List
August 2015-present

The Penn State Millennium Scholars Program

August 2015-present, University Park, PA

A PhD preparatory program that encourages high academic achievement and

undergraduate research experience

Kansas Governors Scholar Award

May 2015, Wichita, KS

Awarded to the top 1% of each Kansas high schools graduating class

Pittsburg State Math Relays

October 2015-present, Pittsburg, KS

1st place in Analytical Geometry (2015) and Graphing (2013)

Scholarships

Kansas Hispanic Education & Development Foundation

August 2015-present

Millennium Scholars Program

August 2015-present

Provost Award
August 2015-present

Extracurricular Activities

Millennium Society
September 2015-present

Club aimed to educate students in potential research and improve

professionalism

Women of Color Empowerment (WOCE)

January 2016-present

Group that meets weekly and discusses topics such as race, social attitudes,
and representation of women of color on the Penn State campus and in society

Blends of Traditional Heritages (B.O.T.H.)

January 2016-present

Group that meets weekly to discuss what it means to be of two or more mixed
cultures and how society perceives us

Lab Experience

Drew Lab
The Millennium Science Complex building, August 2015-present

Assist in MATLAB-image tracing of penetrating arterioles and anastomoses in

mice brains, specifically around the barrel cortex, in a project aimed towards
collecting information on the effect of whisker manipulation to changes in
brain blood vessel networking
Second semester consists of a project regarding nitric oxide synthase (NOS)containing neurons and their distance relative to arteries and blood vessels in
the brain

Leadership

Riverfest Prairie Schooner Mate

September 2013-June 2014

Representative for the third cohort of the Millennium Scholars program

MRC Leadership Council

April 2016-present

Student representative aimed in reaching out to more students through the

Multicultural Resource Center (MRC)

National Honor Society President

August 2014-May 2015

Served as president of The Independent Schools chapter of National Honor

Society

Riverfest Prairie Schooner Mate

September 2013-June 2014

Representative for The Independent School and volunteered over 200 hours
toward Riverfest, an annual event held in Wichita, KS

Work Experience

Receptionist
The Pennsylvania State University Multicultural Resource Center, October 2015present

Various tasks such as: receiving phone calls for the counselors, scheduling
student appointments for counselors, running errands for employees in the
Multicultural Resource Center