Undergraduate students, Chloé Houy, Kayla Lum, and Kristyn Miyamoto, under the mentorship of Dr. Sladjana Prišić traveled to Washington, D.C. at the beginning of March as a part of The Council on Undergraduate Research’s Scholars Transforming Through Research Program. They underwent research advocacy training from November 2024 – March 2025 that culminated with an in-person training in D.C. and Capitol Hill visits to Hawaiʻi senator and representatives’ offices to advocate for undergraduate research. The students used their personal experiences doing undergraduate research in the Prišić Lab to convey the importance and impact of undergraduate research in life sciences for their future careers in science and medicine and stressed the importance of continued federal support for scientific research.