During my undergraduate research training at a new drug discovery lab working on developing anti-cancer and anti-parkinsonian drugs, I confronted a recurring issue with the new chemical entities i.e. poor aqueous solubility and bioavailability. After observing great in vitro results, letting the compounds go was heart-breaking. This motivated me to get my Master's degree in pharmaceutics and drug delivery, a field dedicated to delivering drugs in the most efficient manner. I was presented with an opportunity to work with one of the leading research groups focused on enhancing the dissolution and bioavailability of drugs using hot-melt extrusion. Amid training in formulation development and processing of drugs with poor solubility and bioavailability, I realized that not only was I able to enhance the solubility but I was also able to control the release dynamics of the drug. Inspired by my Master's research training I decided to get my Ph.D. at UT Austin with a group specializing in the field of personalized medicine using 3D printing. Currently, I'm focusing on two approaches to solubility enhancement which include developing amorphous solid dispersions and cocrystals using hot-melt extrusion, and further combining them with additive manufacturing processes such as, fused deposition modeling, selective laser sintering, and binder spraying techniques.