Shivani Gupta is a senior McDermott Scholar at The University of Texas at Dallas, majoring in psychology with minors in political science and cell and molecular biology. On campus, she has served as president of the College Panhellenic Council, Student Government senator, and outreach chair for Service Dogs in Training. Gupta has worked with 180 Degrees Consulting to improve strategic outcomes for healthcare nonprofits like the Dallas Hearing Foundation. She has also volunteered at the Medical City ER and Cancer Resource Center, and taught ESL and citizenship classes through the Richardson Adult Literacy Center. This past spring, Gupta studied law, economics, and art at Universidad Carlos III de Madrid. Over the summer, she conducted Alzheimer’s research at Washington University in St. Louis, investigating the molecular basis of neurodegeneration. She aims to build a career that bridges her two passions—science and policy—to promote health equity and justice.