Maya hiking in Zion National Park
Name: Maya Ellis
Hometown: Salt Lake City, UT
Previous Degrees, Institutions: BS (in progress), University of Utah, Biomedical Engineering
Research Interests/Project: Evaluating the incidence of closed-globe related trauma following blast exposure in veterans.
Honors/Awards:
- Presidential Service Award 2012-2016
- Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King
- Jr. Youth Leadership Award 2016
- Marine Corps Scholarship Recipient 2016-
- Youth Volunteer of the Year; South Salt Lake 2014
Interests outside of Research: Cooking, puppies, reality television, makeup, and fashion
Tell us something about yourself that otherwise we wouldn’t know or guess: I had stick straight hair from birth to about 11.
15 Minutes of fame: I was Youth Mayor of South Salt Lake and ran the SSLC Youth Council for one year
What can’t you live without: Reality TV or nail polish/acrylics
Favorite place to eat in SLC or surrounding area: Sawadee or Oh Mai
Favorite quote: “I’ll sleep when I’m dead“
Best piece of advice you’ve ever received or given: College is only as hard as you make it
If there is one thing you could tell your lab mates, what would it be? Always save one day for you.