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Eric Vargas

(he/him)

Member, Student Board

The best way to describe myself would be through a story of how one day I was diagnosed with alopecia to then becoming interested in finding a cure for it. From this experience of hair loss it became a natural interest of mine to figure out what the cause was as it became a part of my life at 5 years old. With this being a foundational experience in my life it drove me towards the realm of science and plant medicines as my parents took me to a variety of doctors for a cure. And so with this experience it has given me the opportunity to learn more about how I should maintain my health as my parents taught themselves in order to help my cells recover their chances of restoring my hair. In conclusion, the best way I would describe myself is someone that wants to help others out as much as my parents tried to help me out, due to this experience it has given me a set of tools in the form of knowledge that could potentially help someone else out too.

Eric Vargas