Isabella Mitchell

Isabella recently worked as an optometric technician at Warby Parker, where she completed optical pre-testing, provided contact insertion/removal instruction and demonstration for new clients, and scheduled appointments. The previous summer, she completed a 10-week research internship at UNMC’s College of Medicine under Dr. Arika Hoffman, focusing on institutional and structural disparities in healthcare with an emphasis on nephrology and transplant medicine. Isabella's research was accepted to present at the Student National Medical Association's (SNMA) Region II Medical Education Conference at the University of Illinois in October of 2025. In 2024, she interned at the U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases, conducting immunodiagnostic research at the Fort Detrick military base in Frederick, MD. She was also a summer research intern at Creighton University, specializing in preventing aminoglycosidic hearing loss. Isabella has worked as an afterschool STEM tutor for kids and regularly volunteers in the heart/vascular and pediatric units at UNMC, as well as in anatomic pathology and the emergency department. At UNO, Isabella is a UHOP Scholar, a member of the Molecular and Biomedical Biology Journal Club, the director of the Women and Gender Equity Center (WGEC), and served as student senator of the College of Arts and Sciences and the cultural awareness chair of Black excellence in 2025. Isabella plans to attend medical school following graduation and is interested in pediatric ophthalmology or family medicine.