Having received a B.S. in Biology, with a focus on genetics and molecular biology from the University of Washington, Kathryn A. Barker started off as a Research Scientist 1 on the Brotman Baty Institute's Flubats team. There, she processed specimens for the analysis of viral pathogens, including Covid-19, RSV, and Influenza, and is studying R in order to learn how to better analyze the resulting data. Kathryn has since moved to the Single Cell Genomics Team. Fluent in Japanese, she sometimes wonders if learning a coding language qualifies as being trilingual.