🌸 The Girl Next Door Who Found the Keys to Life 🌸

Hi all, I’m Uma Yen—your local, friendly Genomic Data Analyst with one too many suns in my heart and a brain fit for DNA. 🧬✨ My story has had a bit of everything (and it’s not all pipettes and petabytes): sweat, sparkles, and the unpredictable but magical journey from lab intern to the woman who makes genes talk.

Once Upon a Time in a Small Lab...

Imagine your protagonist at 22 years of age: she is deep in spreadsheets, her diet is just instant noodles, and at 2am she is crying tears of frustration over mislabeled test tubes. 🍜💔 I was the small fry on the totem pole as I filled the coffee machine, cleaned the centrifuge, and prayed my supervisor would not notice my shaky hands. I would go home every day and taught myself Python, took notes on genomics on bright pink glitter paper, and only secretly dreamed about the day I would be able to unlock the mysteries tucked away in our cells.

Then—cue plot twist—I noticed a typo in a million-dollar data set. One tiny edit and all of a sudden... I was the hero. 🦸‍♀️ Promotions, pay increases, and a front row seat to the nascent future of medicine. But in the end, what I had really won? The full demonstration that the girl next door can play with the big brains—and win!

So Why Should You Follow Me?

• I can make science sexy. (And no lab coat required. 😉)
• My career path is to your cheat code. I went from panic attacks to key note speeches—trust me I’ve been there.
• Happy days are when I can take boring data, and mix it with waiting for memes, makeup, and midnight junk food runs. 🍣💄

The Main Takeaway of My Story?

You do not need a high priced education or trust fund to make it happen. All you need is a gritty heart, a curious mind, and a little bravery to rewrite your own DNA. 🧬💖

P.S. DM me for career advice, cat photos, or your favorite gene pun. (For example, my favorite is "Amino acids? YUM-no acids!") 😘