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Name: Monica Boggs                           
Undergrad Institution: UC Berkeley 
Major: Political Economy 
Hometown: La Habra, CA 
Master’s: UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs, MPP

 

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Name: Thomas (TJ) Buretta 
Undergraduate Institution: Pepperdine University 
Major: Communication 
Hometown: Chester, IL 
Master’s: University of Southern California, MBA

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Name: Elizabeth Canales 
Undergraduate Institution: UC Los Angeles 
Major: Physiological Science 
Hometown: Los Angeles, CA 
Master’s: UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs, MPP

 

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Name: Carlos (Tony) Casillas 
Undergraduate Institution: CSU Fresno 
Major: Chemistry and Psychology 
Hometown: Santa Rosa, CA 
Master’s: UCLA Fielding School of Public Health, MPH in Health Policy and Management

 

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Name: Maria M. Diaz 
Undergrad institution: UC Riverside 
Major: Biology 
Hometown: Fontana, CA 
Master’s: Indiana University Kelley School of Business, MBA, MS

 

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Name: Uyen Dinh Chu 
Undergraduate Institution: UC Los Angeles 
Major: Microbiology & Molecular Genetics 
Hometown: Los Angeles, CA 
Master’s: UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs, MPP


 

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Name: Rosibel Hernandez 
Undergrad Institution: Yale University 
Major: Psychology with Neuroscience track 
Hometown: San Fernando Valley, CA 
Master’s: Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, MPH in Health Policy

 

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Name: Kasee Houston 
Undergrad Institution: San Diego State University 
Major: Biology 
Hometown: Nashville, TN 
Master’s: UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs, MPP

 

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Name: Hannah Hughes 
Undergrad: UC Riverside 
Major: Biology 
Hometown: Hesperia, CA 
Master’s: UCLA Anderson School of Management, MBA

 

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Name: Phong Huynh 
Undergrad: UC Los Angeles 
Major: Microbiology, Immunology, & Molecular Genetics; UCSF (post-bac) 
Hometown: San Jose, CA 
Master’s: UCLA Fielding School of Public Health, MPH in Epidemiology

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Name: Vang Kou Khang 
Undergrad Institution: Stanford University  
Major: Biological Science and Political Science  
Hometown: Fresno, CA  
Master’s: UC Irvine Paul Merage School of Business, MBA

 

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Name: Omar Medina 
Undergrad institution: UC Irvine 
Major: Biological Sciences               
Hometown: Long Beach, CA  
Master’s: UCLA Fielding School of Public Health, MPH in Health Policy and Management

 

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Name: Jennifer Menjivar 
Undergrad Institution: San Francisco State University 
Major: Biology with Concentration in Physiology 
Hometown: San Francisco, CA 
Master’s: UC Berkeley School of Public Health, MPH in Maternal & Child Health

 

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Name: Jeffrey Mercado 
Undergrad Institution: CSU Fullerton 
Major: Psychology 
Hometown: Diamond Bar, CA 
Master’s: UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs, MPP

 

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Name: Carlos Meza 
Undergrad Institution: UC Irvine 
Major: Psychology, Philosophy and Biology (minor) 
Hometown: Whittier, CA 
Master’s: UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs, MPP

 

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Name: Jason Pia 
Undergrad Institution: UC Los Angeles 
Major: Physiological Science 
Hometown: San Jose, CA 
Master’s: UCLA Fielding School of Public Health, MPH in Health Policy and Management

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Name:  Elberth (Bert) Pineda 
Undergrad institution: El Camino College and UC Los Angeles 
Major: Biochemistry 
Hometown: Gardena, CA 
Master’s: UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs, MPP

 

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Name: Minerva Pineda 
Undergraduate Institution: UC Berkeley 
Major: Integrative Biology 
Hometown: Berkeley, CA  
Master’s: UCLA Fielding School of Public Health, MPH in Health Policy and Management

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Name: Jasmin Reyes-Moncada 
Undergrad Institution: UC Berkeley, San Francisco State University (MS) 
Major: Integrative Biology 
Hometown: Carson, CA 
Master’s: UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs, MPP

 

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Name: Janelle Rodriguez 
Undergrad institution: UC Los Angeles 
Major: Pure Mathematics; Biostatistics (MS) 
Hometown: Downtown Los Angeles, CA  
Master’s: UCLA Fielding School of Public Health, MPH in Community Health Sciences

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Name: Adia Scrubb 
Undergraduate Institution: UC Berkeley 
Major: Comparative Literature: English and Spanish Language 
Hometown: Oakland, CA 
Master’s: UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs, MPP

 

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Name: Ka Yi (Emily) Tam 
Undergrad Institution: UC Berkeley 
Major: Interdisciplinary Studies Field Major 
Hometown: Hong Kong/Oakland, CA  
Master’s: Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, MPH in Health Management

 

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Name: Maria (Kika) Tobar
Undergrad Institution:UC San Diego, UC Davis (post-bac) 
Major: Biology, Urban Studies-Planning, Spanish Literature
Hometown: Oakland, CA 
Master’s: CSU Long Beach, MS

 

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Name: Erica Tukiainen 
Undergrad Institution:UC Los Angeles 
Major: French 
Hometown: Helsinki, Finland 
Master’s: Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, MPH in Health and Social Behavior

 

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Name: Caleb Wilson 
Undergrad Institution: The University of Pittsburgh 
Major: Neuroscience 
Hometown: Scranton, PA 
Master’s: UCLA Anderson School of Management, MBA

 

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Name: Steffanie R. Wright  
Undergrad Institution: University of Southern California 
Major: Health Promotion and Disease Prevention 
Hometown: Mission Viejo, CA 
Master’s: Tulane University, MPH in Global Health Systems and Development

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