From Lab Coats to Launching Dreams: My Wild Ride into Personalized Medicine 💉✨

Once upon a time, I was just Sara—a girl next door who got geeky over DNA sequences, not dating apps. 🧬🔍 (Okay I admit, I still do both.) Let me start from the beginning...

About 5 years ago while working in a Brisbane hospital, I had a tiny apartment piled high with secondhand lab equipment next to instant ramen packets, and I was crying over failed PCR tests at 3am while my cat judged me. 🐱💔 I had left a secure job in the hospital setting to chase this insanity that healthcare could somehow be personal instead of one-size-fits-all. People told me I was naive, and sometimes you have to admire their honesty. (Spoiler alert: they were right. But also so wrong.)

Fast-forward saved up savings after 487 rejections, one maxed credit card for my company (R.I.P.), a eureka moment where I spilled my matcha latte on the floor in my apartment and realized CRISPR could be used to prevent the biomarker from synthesizing and I built my first AI-personalised treatment plan for a patient with a rare form of cancer. The look on her face when the plan worked? That is the type of drug I am now addicted to. 💉❤️

Today, my startup is not just changing life outcomes; it's changing the definition of what medicine is. And yes, I still wear sneakers underneath my lab coat. 👟⚡ Because we can disrupt an industry in sneakers, but it does take heart, hustle, and the girl-next-door charm.

Drop a 🧬 if you believe science should feel like a hug.