University of Pittsburgh, was last seen on surveillance camera with seven other people entering the beach at the Riu República Hotel in Punta Cana after 4:15 a.m. Thursday, the Dominican National Police said in a statement. She was reported missing after she failed to return from the beach. The search includes authorities in the Dominican Republic, the United States and India, with search dogs, drones and helicopters being deployed in the effort to find Konanki. Here’s what we know about Konanki and the ongoing search.

Family members describe Konanki as a bright, ambitious student who plans to become a doctor. “My daughter is a very nice girl,” her father, Subbarayudu Konanki, told CNN. “She’s ambitious. She wanted to pursue a career in medicine.” She was visiting Punta Cana for spring break ahead of premed studies, her father said.

Originally from India, the Konanki family has been in the US since 2006 and are permanent residents living in Loudoun County, Virginia. Those in her hometown are praying for her safe return. “It’s already four days and everybody’s so worried,” family friend Shekar Pendem, who has known Konanki since she was 3 years old, said in an interview with CNN affiliate WUSA.

US Rep. Suhas Subramanyam, whose district includes Loudoun County, described Konanki’s disappearance as “the worst nightmare.” “I’ve got two daughters, and I just think about a scenario like this happening to them,” he said in an interview with WUSA. “It’s, you know, really heartbreaking.” Konanki arrived in the Dominican Republic on March 3 with five other female students from the University of Pittsburgh, according to the Loudoun County sheriff’s office. The sheriff’s office said her father filed a missing person report around 5:43 p.m. Thursday, after which the office immediately engaged with the State Department and federal law enforcement to reach out to the Dominican Republic national police.