Manogna Jonnalagadda is a senior Collegium V Honors student at The University of Texas at Dallas, majoring in biomedical engineering. On campus, she was a student researcher in the Biomedical Microdevices and Nanotechnology Laboratory, where she worked to optimize methodologies for early disease detection. She has served on the student leadership team for the Freshman Mentor Program and is a UTD Student Ambassador. Jonnalagadda also evaluated case files for the Innocence Project of Texas seminar. Off campus, she interned at St. Jude Research Hospital, streamlining access to patient data. Her passion for health policy stems from her work in conducting patient-centric research and increasing access to healthcare. After graduation, she plans to pursue a doctoral degree in biomedical engineering, applying her technical expertise to advance translational health policy and healthcare equity.