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Isha Desai is a fourth year Intensive Psychology (B.A.) major at UC Santa Cruz studying the role of genetic and environmental factors on fly behavior- specifically in ‘sleep deprived’ flies with Alzheimers like pathology. She studies and implements assays that measure impairments in fly locomotion, sleep cycles, and short term memory.

Isha hopes of becoming a pediatric psychotherapist; participating in global mental health education and advocacy.