Starr Matsushita is a fourth-year OMM and anatomy predoctoral research and teaching fellow at AT Still University School of Osteopathic Medicine in Arizona (ATSU-SOMA). She earned a BS in biology from the University of Puget Sound in 2011, at which time she held a position as a laboratory technician completing research in the areas of plant evolution and molecular genetics. She also has completed clinical osteopathic research at ATSU-SOMA.