**What was your experience like preparing for 3MT? What was the most challenging part?**
Preparing myself for 3MT was an enriching and challenging experience. I am grateful to the University Graduate School team because they trained me and all the participants and helped us throughout the process with several coaching sessions.
One of the most challenging parts for me as a student and scientist was to be able to explain my research in just three minutes in a way that the non-scientific public would be able to understand and how to tell a story that would be attractive to the attendees and judges. I know that communication with the non-scientific public is one of the most problematic aspects for scientists, and I think that this event helped me to improve my skills.
**What was it like competing at the national level?**
Competing at the national level at the Conference Southern Graduate Schools 2025 in Dallas was an amazing and thrilling experience. I met and learned from a diversity of students from across the United States who are doing interesting and impactful research. I think that this event helped me to improve as a professional, as a student, a scientist and a human being.
**What would you tell fellow students about the importance of communicating your research?**
My research has the potential of impacting the lives of Alzheimer's patients and their families by helping in an early diagnosis and the design of new therapeutic target. The 3MT experience has taught me that communication is crucial both within the scientific community and with the general public, which in the end should benefit from it.
I also learned the necessity of communicating in a way that can inspire future researchers as well as enhance one's own career. I truly recommend particiapting in such events.