Cara Deromedi is a doctoral student from Pottstown, Pennsylvania. She completed her B.S. in Microbiology from Virginia Tech, and her research involves microbial interactions with an interest in bacteria. In her free time she writes fiction novels and hopes to sell them one day. Cara is an avid cinephile and music-lover and when she’s not in her lab or in class, she can be found swimming laps or spending time with her pampered rabbit.