Larakaye Villanueva

Larakaye Villanueva has a diverse range of work experience. Larakaye started their career as an Associate Field Service Engineer at Alphatec Spine in 2023, where they were responsible for troubleshooting, repairing, and maintaining clinical systems. Larakaye provided technical guidance to clients and was available for standby duty and short notice travel.

Prior to that, from 2021 to 2023, Larakaye worked as a Research Assistant at Emmaus Life Sciences, Inc. In this role, they performed various laboratory techniques such as cell culture, stem cell cell sheet evaluation, and in vitro cell assays. Larakaye also undertook maintenance and improvements on a transmittance measuring device prototype and was involved in creating a second prototype.

From 2020 to 2021, Larakaye worked as a Student Biomedical Engineering Tutor at California State University, Long Beach, where they provided tutoring and assistance to fellow students in the field.

Larakaye also gained research experience as an Undergraduate Student Researcher at the Cardiovascular Engineering and Device Innovation Lab from 2019 to 2021. In this role, they worked as part of a team, running simulations with patient data and image segmentations.

Before their engineering career, Larakaye had various part-time roles. Larakaye worked as a Parking Attendant at California State University, Long Beach, providing parking instructions and maintaining security. Larakaye also worked as a 49ers Bookstore Warehouse Associate at the CSULB Bookstore, organizing the bookstore floor and assisting customers with their needs.

Larakaye also has experience in the food service industry. Larakaye worked as a Server/Barista/Cashier at Hiccups Restaurant and Teahouse in 2019 and as an Associate at Panera Bread from 2018 to 2019.

Larakaye Villanueva completed their Bachelor of Engineering degree in Biomedical/Medical Engineering from California State University, Long Beach from 2017 to 2021. Prior to that, they attended Millikan High School from 2013 to 2017, although no specific degree or field of study is mentioned for this period.