Originally from Philadelphia, Camille grew up with a keen interest in water, learning how to swim when she was three and competing as a swimmer for 15 years. In 2014, she graduated from Hampton University with a degree in Marine and Environmental Science. During her time at Hampton, she obtained her SCUBA certification and traveled to Indonesia with the
Diversity Project, a University of California Office of the President Initiative run by Paul Barber and Peggy Fong. This summer experience was transformative and the following year, she started as a graduate student in the Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Department at UCLA. Camille graduated with her PhD in 2019 and started in the Barott lab in the Fall of 2019. Outside of lab, you are liable to catch her Uptown hanging with family and friends, at a concert, or watching/playing tennis.