Speaking
TEDx speaker and 2026 Goldwater Scholar bringing cancer immunology, computation, equity, and patient voice into the same conversation.
Featured videos
The full talks are linked directly to YouTube. Each card includes a stage image plus a direct watch link so the page works cleanly without player errors.
A talk on the gap between what patients live through, what they can say, and what medicine is still learning to measure.
A talk about language, cultural navigation, and the cognitive and human power of moving between worlds.
From the stage
Additional stills from Ariana’s TEDx presentations, showing how she translates ideas from immunology, language, and patient experience for broad audiences.
Talk topics
Why some conditions take years to name, and what those delays cost patients and families.
What gets lost when biological data is averaged, and why rare cell states deserve attention.
Why modern biomedical discovery works best when coding and wet-lab reasoning speak to each other.
How language access shapes trust, diagnosis, and whether patients can truly participate in their care.
Practical ways to communicate technical research to public audiences, classrooms, and community groups.
How students can find mentors, enter serious labs early, and build a research life with purpose.
Recent appearances
Selected presentations, conference appearances, and public-facing research communication.
Presented Read the Silence in Downtown Phoenix.
Presented The Hidden Power of a Bilingual Brain in Chandler, Arizona.
Screening to Survival: Policies for Cancer Equity — policy-centered cancer equity presentation.
Presenting a Genomap poster for single-cell data analysis at the IEEE Conference on Computer-Based Medical Systems.
What you get
A talk built for the room you actually have. Ariana’s presentations connect rigorous science with lived experience, making technical ideas clear without flattening the human stakes.
Formats can include a TEDx-style keynote, a research seminar, a student-facing workshop, a panel contribution, or a moderated question-and-answer session.
Based in Phoenix, available across Arizona in person and available remotely for classrooms, conferences, panels, and research events.
Contact Ariana
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