Nicholas Laffin is a graduating senior at Mount Saint Mary College receiving his Bachelors Degree in Mathematics. Nick has done formal research in the areas of recursive disease modeling for the Zika virus, and neural retention in Lepidopteran insects each culminating in poster presentations. He has taught at Horizons on the Hudson, Bright Horizons in Fishkill, the Newburgh Armory and has volunteered at the Bishop Dunn Memorial Elementary School. Nicholas is a passionate problem solver with a disposition suited to both independent and group work and innate communication skills that make him well suited to any workplace environment. He is highly capable, amicable, and willing to learn.