Alexis Castro

Majoring in Nursing
California State University, Stanislaus, Class of 2024
From Turlock

I graduated from California State University, Long Beach with a degree in psychology in 2020. I have a background in neuroscience research. I am now pursuing a second bachelor's degree in nursing at California State University, Stanislaus. I am currently in my second semester of the nursing program.

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Education

California State University: Long Beach
California State University, Stanislaus

Alexis in the News

Welcome to the spring semester, Alexis!

Stan State welcomes more than 8,000 Warriors for the spring 2024 semester. Students include first-time and transfer students who are enrolled in full-time and part-time undergraduate and graduate p...

April, 19 2024 - Verified by California State University, Stanislaus

Welcome to the Warrior Family, Alexis!

Stan State welcomes more than 3,000 new Warriors for the fall 2021 semester. New students include first-time and transfer students who are enrolled in full-time and part-time undergraduate and grad...

September, 02 2021 - Verified by California State University, Stanislaus

Achievements Added by Alexis

Alexis Castro was recognized for earning an academic award

Outstanding Senior in Psychology

Spring 2020 - Added by Alexis

Alexis Castro was recognized for earning an academic award

Winner of Undergraduate Proposed Research at CSULB Psych Day Research Competition

Spring 2018 - Added by Alexis

Activities

University Honors Program

-Academically high-achieving students are personally invited to apply -Students participate in specialized honors courses, honors advising, civic engagement, honors housing, and complete an honors thesis -Honors Thesis: The Effect of Early-life Fluoxetine Administration on Binge Eating Behavior in Adulthood in Male and Female Rats

Fall 2016 - Spring 2020 - California State University: Long Beach

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Work Experience

K-12 Substitute Teacher at Turlock Unified School District

June 2021 - Present

Research Assistant at California State University, Long Beach

-Project lead

-Assessed how the administration of the antidepressant fluoxetine in adolescence affects feeding behavior in adulthood using a binge model

-Involved in a number of experiments using animal models to assess ingestive behaviors

-Skills used: animal use and care; administration of antidepressant via intraperitoneal injection; tissue extraction; brain sectioning; data input, organization, analysis, and interpretation

-Presented research findings at Society for Neuroscience in Chicago, IL in 2019

August 2017 - May 2020