Summer 2024 - In the summer of 2024 I was contacted by an undergraduate program named FRONTERA about mentoring one of their incoming accepted students. It turns out that perhaps I wasn't supposed to mentor but FRONTERA decided to go for it so we ended up with fresh-faced Justin who took to the lab like a fish to water. Justin had no prior experience in the lab, but, his timing was perfect because Mac McGraw was also back in the lab for a summer tour. So, Justin, along with a series of new students (Saniya and Annika), created a team that trained directly under Mac along with some help from Emilie. Justin is naturally curious, inquisitive, and best of all, competent. He was humming by the end of the summer program and decided to stay on for a few extra months afterwards while he sought out a job. Interestingly, Justin was a graduating senior with FRONTERA, so once the program was finished, he was also done with college which meant...jobby job. At that time Justin realized he couldn't do the lab, work a part-time job, and get a real job all together so he had to step away. He ended up working in a hospital I think? Maybe? Can't quite remember, urinary stuff? I do know that he's hard at work on his MCAT scores because he's determined to go to medical school. We also took in Justin to the Langlais Lab Fantasy Football League and he was terrible. Let's see how he does in 2025/2026, stay tuned for updates...
