Talia
Talia holds a BA in Visual Studies from the University of Pennsylvania and an MS in Quantitative Economics from UCLA. She will next pursue a PhD in Cultural Economics.
Gustavo
Gustavo has held teaching positions at CUNY Graduate Center, Lehman College, and UPR-Mayaguez. He holds a BS in Industrial Chemistry and a PhD in Chemistry.
Karina
After graduating from UCLA with triple honors for her BA (summa cum laude, college honors, and departmental honors), she took a gap year, during which she trained in the rigorous Columbia Publishing Course in New York City. She is a fiction writer and PhD candidate in English at Harvard University.
Winnie
Winnie is currently pursuing an MD at Johns Hopkins Medical School. Previously, she studied Molecular Biology at UCLA, where she was named UCLA’s Class of 2020 Distinguished Senior for her community service, mentorship, and research endeavors.
Mindy
Mindy holds a BA in Computer Science from Brown University. After working as a professional software engineer for 3 years in London, she decided to pursue an MSc in Urban Spatial Science at University College London.
Ania
Ania attended Emory University, graduating with a BA in Political Science and a minor in Spanish. They received the Levitas Award for outstanding scholarship in Political Science. They are currently a JD Candidate at UCLA School of Law.
Nadia C.
Nadia majored in Environmental Science at UCLA, where she graduated magna cum laude and was awarded the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Hollings scholarship. She is now a PhD candidate at Harvard in the Department of Earth and Planetary Science.
Luke H.
Luke is an MD Candidate at Harvard Medical School. Prior to medical school, he completed his undergraduate degree at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, where he worked as an EMT and studied drug delivery systems, and authored numerous peer reviewed articles.
Isita
Isita graduated summa cum laude from UCLA with a BS in Neuroscience and a minor in Disability Studies. She is now pursuing an MD at Harvard Medical School.
Alex W.
Alex graduated from UCLA with a degree in Molecular, Cell & Developmental Biology. She's currently a National Health Service Corps Scholar at the Harvard School of Dental Medicine (HSDM).
Preeti K.
Preeti holds a degree in Human Biology from Stanford University. She is now an MD/MBA candidate at the University of California, Los Angeles and is interested in pursuing internal medicine.
Joshua
Joshua graduated cum laude from Middlebury College with a BA in Political Science. He worked for two years as a Research Associate at Mathematica Policy Research. He then worked at Kate Farms as a Market Access Associate Manager. Currently, Joshua is a dual degree master’s candidate in Comparative Urban Planning and International Governance at UCLA and SciencesPo.
Baoqing
Baoqing was born and raised in Beijing, where she graduated from Beijing Language and Culture University with a BA in English, before moving to the US in 2014. In the US, Baoqing taught at the Western Michigan University before getting her MA in teaching Chinese at University of Massachusetts Amherst. Baoqing is currently a lecturer of Chinese at Boston University.
Jack Ra.
Jack graduated from University of Massachusetts, Amherst, with a BA in Chinese and a BA in Linguistics, graduating summa cum laude in both degrees. During undergrad, Jack received the Global Ambassador Summer Program Scholarship and studied at National Cheng Kung University in Tainan. Jack is currently pursuing his PhD in Linguistics at Harvard University.
Jonathan L.
Jonathan holds a PhD in History from the University of California, Berkeley. He previously completed an MA in the Social Sciences at the University of Chicago and a BA in History at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, where he graduated summa cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa.
Eli J.
Eli is a PhD candidate at UCLA studying Cryptography. Previously, he earned his BS in Mathematics and Computer Science at the same institution. During his undergraduate work at UCLA, Eli was an instructor for the Los Angeles Math Circle (now the Olga Radko Math Circle).
Cristina A.
Cristina holds a PhD in Linguistics from Harvard, an MS in Cognitive and Decision Sciences from University College London, and BAs in Applied and Computational Mathematics and Linguistics from the University of Southern California. Currently, she works as a forensic linguist.
Sheela
Sheela earned her BFA in Vocal Performance and BS in Psychology from Carnegie Mellon University. She earned a Postgraduate Diploma in Vocal Performance from the Royal College of Music and an MSc in Cognitive & Decision Sciences from University College London. She also holds a JD from Yale Law School.
Cristian
Cristian majored in Human Biology and Society, and minored in Global Health at UCLA. He taught Chemistry at Crenshaw High via Teach for America, receiving his teaching credential from Loyola Marymount University. He is currently an Anthropology MD-PhD student at UCLA.
Morgan
Morgan holds Masters' degrees in Maritime Archaeology (University of Southampton) and European History (University College London). She is a member of the Oceangate Titanic Expedition scientific team.
Arjun
Arjun is a PhD candidate in Computer Science at Carnegie Mellon. Previously, he earned his MS and BS in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, and Math Economics from UCLA.
Christina
Christina earned her MBA at Yale School of Management, where she was a Silver Scholar. She's now attending the UCLA School of Law with a Dean's Scholarship, where she will focus on entertainment law.
Humza
Humza graduated summa cum laude from Arizona State University with a double major in Medicinal Biochemistry and Biomedical Sciences. He is now an MD/PhD candidate at UCLA.
Mariam
Mariam Rahmani is a writer and translator. Rahmani holds a PhD in Comparative Literature from UCLA and an MFA in Fiction from Columbia University, as well as degrees from Princeton and Oxford. She currently serves on the faculty of Bennington College and is a postdoctoral Fellow with the American Council for Learned Societies in 2023-24.
Ernesto
Ernesto is an MD/PhD candidate at UCSF. He graduated with all available honors from UCLA with a BS in Molecular Cell and Developmental Biology (magna cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa).
Rex
Rex is an MD student at UCSF School of Medicine. He graduated summa cum laude from UCLA in 2019 with a Bachelor's in Neuroscience and a minor in Biomedical Research.
Christina
Christina is a postdoctoral fellow and instructor in the Section of Community Behavioral Health at Rush University Medical Center. She holds a BA in Psychology (UCLA) and an MA/PhD in Clinical-Community Psychology (DePaul).
Julia
Julia is a PhD candidate in East Asian Languages and Civilizations at Harvard. She holds a BA in History of Art and Visual Culture from UC Santa Cruz, and an MA in East Asian Studies from UCLA.
Shelby
Shelby holds a Master's in American Studies (Oxford) and an MFA in Fiction (UC Irvine). His stories have been published in places such as Vice News and GOOD Magazine, primarily about climate change and the environment.
Max
Max is a PhD student in Bioengineering at Harvard. He graduated summa cum laude from UMass Amherst with a BS in Chemical Engineering and a minor in Chemistry, and then attended UC Santa Barbara for his MS in Chemical Engineering.
Alexander
Alex is a JD candidate at UCLA. Prior to law school, he earned his BA in Chinese from Colby College, and then worked in China, first as an interpreter, and then in test prep tutoring ambitious students from China's best schools.
Chelsea
Chelsea graduated from UCLA summa cum laude with a BA in English and Political Science and a minor in French. She then earned her JD at NYU, where she was a Root-Tilden-Kern public interest scholar and a Florence Allen Scholar.
Aida
Aida is pursuing a specialization in pediatric dentistry at UCLA School of Dentistry. She holds a BA in Chemistry and Hispanic Studies from Hamilton College, and a DMD from Harvard School of Dental Medicine.
Yehonatan
Yehonatan earned his PhD in Math at UCLA, and his BA in Math with a minor in Creative Writing at UC Berkeley. He is now a postdoc researcher in Systems and Computational Biology in the Albert Einstein College of Medicine.
Diego
Diego holds a BS in Economics from ITAM and an MA in Economics and Philosophy from the London School of Economics. He is currently at the University College in London as a PhD candidate in Economics.
Abhishek
Abhishek is a PhD candidate in Theoretical Physics at Harvard. His work focuses on understanding the mysteries of black holes. He graduated Phi Beta Kappa with a BS in Physics from UCLA.
Tim
Tim recently earned a Master's in Economic Policy from the University College London. He has worked in international affairs management consulting, as a lead research analyst, and as an assistant economist.
Nora
Nora is a professor in the Psychology departments at Columbia and NYU, and a former National Science Foundation IGERT Fellow. She holds a BA in Linguistics (University College London), and a PhD in Cognitive Psychology (Rutgers).