COM student of the month

Daniela Cortes Reyes is the College of Medicine student of the month.

• Name: Daniela Cortes Reyes
• Hometown:  Born in Mexico but my longtime home is Bellevue, Nebraska
• Program/Year:  College of Medicine, Class of 2023

Education: Attended Bellevue West High School and UNMC High School Alliance (Class of 2015); University of Nebraska at Omaha, BS in neuroscience (minors in Chicano/Latino studies and chemistry), class of 2019

Hobbies: Running, walking/hiking, refinishing furniture and traveling.

What do you do to stay balanced? My family keeps me grounded so I prioritize my time with them, even if it means all the time I get is our weekly Friday night dinner. The same is true for friends — we love bonding over our shared experiences with walks across the UNMC/Nebraska Medicine campus or at parks on the weekends. These can get lengthy!  

Three things people may not know about me:

• I'm a native Spanish speaker but lost my Spanish speaking proficiency until I worked in a calling center at age 16 as a bilingual surveyor.
• As a child, I was asked to audition for voice acting roles when I lived in California, but my parents disapproved, and we moved before I could convince them.
• In an alternate universe, I would have loved to become a math teacher. It was one of my favorite subjects in primary through secondary school!