ISABELLA PARKER

Phone: (770) 212-0481 307 Windswept Ct

isabella.parker129@gmail.com Powder Springs, GA 30127

OBJECTIVE:
To pursue a career in cardiothoracic surgery or cardiology

EDUCATION
Inaugural Biomedical Engineering STEM Cohort, Harrison High
School, 4500 Due West Rd, Kennesaw, GA 30152
2017-2021

HONORS AND AWARDS

2nd place at Georgia Tech Inventure Prize Competition 2018
Inventure Prize is a competition for all grades K-12. I received the honor of
qualifying to enter and won 2nd place in my grade (9th), giving me the
opportunity to go to Nationals.

Global Change Award in Accessibility 2018

While at NICEE, National Invention Convention and Entrepreneurship
Exposition, I received this award for my project, the KAT RAMM. I received
this award, because my project is accessible for people across the world
in parts of countries without access to technology.

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
Gram Stained Bacteria, Harrison High School, Kennesaw, GA 2017
Advisor: Paulette Allard
 Supervised growth of bacteria
 Heat-fixed colonies of bacteria to microscope slide
 Stained bacteria slides
 Viewed slides under a digital image microscope to determine
whether bacteria was positive or negative

Observed Children in a Special Needs Classroom, Lost Mountain

Middle School, Kennesaw, GA 2014 to 2016
Assistant
 Learned how children behave and do work in a structured
environment
 Assisted teachers with games and daily learning objectives
 Observed children in stressful situations and see their reactions

Researched Information for GSEF Project, Harrison High School,

Kennesaw, GA 2017 to 2018

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  Read several peer-reviewed journals about children with disabilities
 Conducted research on muscle memory and the relationship it has
with writing
 Attempted determining if muscles could be retrained with a device
Hematocrit, Harrison High School, Kennesaw, GA
 Used a centrifuge to separate the plasma from red blood cells
Sheep Heart Dissection
 Understood the anatomy of a heart
Gel Electrophoresis
 Compared samples of DNA to find out how they separate
Research Informed GSEF Project, Harrison High School, Kennesaw,
GA, 2018 to 2019
 Researched different testing materials for lead
 Researched how to remove lead from water
 Conducted research on filter paper and how to embed it with
different substances
Research Informed GSEF Project, Harrison High School, Kennesaw,
GA, 2019 to 2020
 Researched how music therapy affects the cognitive abilities of
Alzheimer’s patients
 Researched how music therapy helps with Alzheimer’s patient’s
emotional states

PATENTS
Patent Pending for KAT RAMM

PRESENTATIONS AND INVITED LECTURES

2018 Oral Defense, “A Kinesthetic Approach to Retraining Muscle
Memory,” May 2, 2018.

NICEE Judging 2018, “KAT RAMM,” NICEE, June 1, 2018.

GSU Student Leadership Institute 2019, June 2-4, 2019

PROFESSIONAL PARTNERSHIPS
3Doodler, 2018-Present

COMMUNITY SERVICE
Midway Presbyterian Church
Assisted in nursery duties, Midway Presbyterian, Sundays 2016-Present

Vaughan Elementary School Target Program

Cleaned up rivers to better the environment, Noses Creek at Cheatham
Hill, 2011-2012

Cheatham Hill Elementary School

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 Distributed school materials to classrooms, Cheatham Hill Elementary
School, July 20th, 2014, July 24th, 2015, July 22nd, 2016, July 22nd, 2017, July
28th, 2018

Riverside Primary School

Helped in school garden, Riverside Primary School, Summers of 2015-
2018

STEM Open House

Informed parents of new STEM students about the program, September
2017

Science Olympiad
Graded tests and assisted room leader in tasks, March 2018

STEM Parent Night

Informed students, teachers, and parents about projects in the STEM
program and its many opportunities, September 2018

Arts in Motion
Harrison High School, assisted with selling old guard equipment and
showing other guards around the school. February 28th, 2020.

LANGUAGES
English: Native Language

Spanish: Intermediate Listener, Novice Speaker, Novice/Intermediate

Reading and Writing

COMPUTER SKILLS
Programming: Creating 3D printer designs, Editing 3D printer designs

Applications: Attained information on JavaScript, Practiced on Scratch

OTHER

 Color Guard (Equipment Manager)– Leadership 2019

 Winter Guard (Equipment Manager)– Leadership 2020
 Color Guard Captain – Leadership 2020
 Soccer
 Reading
 Writing short stories
 Drawing and Painting

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REFERENCES

Paulette Allard, Biology Teacher

STEM Coordinator and Biology Department
Harrison High School
4500 Due West Road, Kennesaw, GA 30152
Phone: 678.594.8104
Email: paulette.allard@cobbk12.org

Stephanie Tatum, STEM Literature Teacher

Harrison High School English Department
Harrison High School
4500 Due West Road, Kennesaw, GA 30152
Phone: 678.594.8104
Email: Stephanie.tatum@cobbk12.org

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