Kaleigh Salty is a transfer student, originally from Los Angeles, CA, now a senior at Texas State University. She is working toward her undergrad in Physics with a minor in Applied Math. While working as a math/physics tutor in the SLAC lab and participating as a Learning Assistant in the Physics department, she discovered a passion for teaching and a curiosity about the role that non-academic factors play in a student’s academic performance. As a neurodiverse student with ADHD, she is particularly interested in studying the learning processes and the impact of environmental factors on neurodiverse students, like those with ADHD and Autism Spectrum Disorder. Her broader research goals and work with Dr. Eleanor Close is to shed more light on how educational systems should be adjusted to accommodate these students' unique learning styles and routines rather than solving the “problem” of the students themselves.