Ranjana Lingutla is a medical student at the Tufts University School of Medicine. She earned her B.S. in Biochemistry & Molecular Biology from the University of Massachusetts Amherst. As a native of rural Western Massachusetts, she spent years serving and mentoring students from traditionally marginalized backgrounds. She mentored high school STEM students in Pittsfield Public School's Science & Engineering Academy and mentored and advised STEM undergraduates in the Commonwealth Honors College Advising Center. Because of her passion for equal education and student welfare, Ranjana was recruited to Dr. Riley's STEM Ambassadors Program where she has since served as a Peer-Mentoring Instructor, Undergraduate Program Manager, and current Assistant Director.
