Miguel is a PhD student in UCLA's Fielding School of Public Health, Department of Epidemiology. Miguel's research interest include health services research and healthy aging. His doctoral research focuses on measuring the association between sleep disturbances and neurodegenerative diseases. Miguel attained a B.S. in Microbiology, Immunology, and Molecular Genetics at UCLA. He previous worked as a project manager in UCLA's Division of General Internal Medicine and Health Services Research.