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Graduate Students 

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Alexandra Martinez

LMU Bioethics Institute Graduate Student 

Alex Martinez is a first-year graduate student at the Bioethics institute. She earned her Bachelors of Science in Neuroscience from UCLA in 2020 and worked as an AmeriCorps Health Fellow as a care coordinator at the Los Angeles Christian Health Center’s Joshua Clinic in Skid Row following graduation. Alex also works as a Graduate Assistant at the Institute. Her interest in the intersection of philosophy and science led her to pursue Bioethics.

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Hannah Chaddha

LMU Bioethics Institute Graduate Student 

 Hannah is a first year master’s candidate at the LMU Bioethics Institute. She graduated from University of Illinois at Chicago with a B.S. in Biological Studies and a minor in Spanish. Hannah also works as the Bioethics Institute's Craves Impact Fellow, tasked with measuring the impact of campus events and outreach. 

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Leo Mendoza 

LMU Bioethics Institute Graduate Student 

Leo is a second year graduate student at the Bioethics Institute and Senior Administrative Coordinator for the Huffington Ecumenical Institute and Interfaith Programs at LMU. He completed an M.A. in Theology at LMU and wrote his thesis under the direction of Dr. Nancy Pineda-Madrid, T. Marie Chair in Catholic Theology and Dr. Cecilia Gonzalez-Andrieu, Professor of Theological Aesthetics and Theological Studies who also served as the second reader. Leo has presented papers at graduate conferences at LMU and the Boisi Center for Religion and American Public Life at Boston College. He has essays published in Say Something Theological (Graduate Journal) and the Journal of Hispanic/Latino Theology.

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Trevor McCarthy

LMU Bioethics Institute Graduate Student 

Trevor is a first year graduate student at the Bioethics Institute. He graduated from UCLA in 2022 with a B.S. in Biology. He is passionate about ethics at the end of life, public policy surrounding pharmaceuticals, and the intersection of medicine and philosophy. After he graduates, Trevor hopes to attend medical school and apply what he has learned at the Bioethics Institute.

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Alexis Harris

LMU Bioethics Institute Graduate Student 

Alexis is a second year graduate student of the LMU Bioethics Institute. She received her B.A. from Loyola Marymount University in 2021 in Women's and Gender Studies.

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Carrie Kohler

LMU Bioethics Institute Graduate Student 

Born and raised on the east coast, Carrie Kohler attended Gordon College on the northshore of Massachusetts for her undergraduate in Biblical and Theological Studies. Carrie also has a Master of Philosophy in Intercultural Theology and Interreligious Studies from the Irish School of Ecumenics at Trinity College Dublin. Carrie works as a hospital chaplain and is very interested in the intersection of spirituality, religion, ethics and healthcare.

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