Hey everyone! My name is Morgan Gast. I’m coming into my junior year at Maryville College as a math major with a religion minor. Although my passion for math runs deep, I actually started my career here as a Biochemistry major. I spent last year working under Dr. Angelia Gibson on a research project to genetically engineer an antibody that would bind to a protein called TLT-1, which is found on platelets. This project proved to be successful and it took us to the University of Puerto Rico to work alongside Dr. Valence Washington’s lab, who was spearheading the research project, for a week last December. Most days you can find me scratching my head in front of a white board in Sutton; but if I’m not there I am either planning/working events for the Student Programming Board, tutoring high school kids in math, singing in Lake Hills Presbyterian church choir, or training to run a random race with my friends.  S³ has made me the busiest woman alive. It has also presented me with the opportunities of a lifetime and I am so excited to watch this new group grow and experience some of the same opportunities. I learned what I really loved to do in this program and I can’t wait for this new class to do the same.