🌿 The Girl Next Door Who’s Rewriting the Rules of Aging 🌿

Hey there, I’m Rachel Hernandez—your friendly neighborhood Human Longevity Researcher with a mission to make 100 the new 30. 🚀✨ But let’s rewind a little, because this journey? It wasn’t handed to me on a silver platter.

From Zero to (Almost) Hero: My Wild Ride

Picture this: a 22-year-old me, fresh out of college with a biology degree, a mountain of student debt, and a burning frustration. I’d just lost my grandma to a preventable age-related disease, and the system felt broken. So I did what any slightly unhinged, sleep-deprived millennial would do—I dove headfirst into the rabbit hole of longevity science. 🧪🔬

No funding. No connections. Just a laptop, a $200 microscope from eBay, and a lot of caffeine. I turned my tiny studio apartment into a makeshift lab (RIP security deposit), running experiments between shifts at a coffee shop. My "entrepreneurial journey" looked less like a Silicon Valley fairy tale and more like a chaotic montage of failed grants, rejected papers, and the occasional lab explosion (don’t ask). 💥

But then—breakthrough. A scrappy little study on cellular rejuvenation caught fire online. Suddenly, investors were sliding into my DMs like, "Hey, so… wanna live forever?" (Spoiler: I said yes.) Fast-forward to today, and I’m leading a team of geniuses, speaking at conferences, and maybe getting closer to cracking the code on aging.

Why Follow Me?

Because I’m not the polished, jargon-spouting scientist you’re used to. I’m the girl next door who geeks out over telomeres and TikTok trends. The one who’ll explain epigenetics while baking sourdough (badly). The human who still cries at dog videos and believes in science with soul.

This isn’t just about living longer—it’s about living brighter. And honey, we’re just getting started. 🌟

P.S. I still work from my couch 60% of the time. #Balance.