Elizabeth Franco: Students would benefit from gaining work experience before grad school

If you are approaching the end of your college career, you are likely doing your best to dodge the dreaded question, “So what are you going to do after graduation?” Many students consider graduate or professional school to be the safe route. I remember feeling that way when I was a fourth-year student majoring in […]

Sotomayor speaks at UCLA law school on succeeding in face of adversity

United States Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor spoke to students at the UCLA School of Law on Tuesday about overcoming adversity to achieve higher education, a theme that resonated with several students. Sotomayor – the third woman and first Latina to be named as a U.S. Supreme Court Justice – recently published her story in […]

UCLA alumnus named LA County Teacher of the Year

The walls in Jesus Gutierrez Jr.’s classroom are covered with contributions from his current and former students. Group photos of his students are scattered between poems that express some of their personal challenges – everything from being homeless to losing a parent. Gutierrez, a UCLA alumnus, describes his classroom as “controlled chaos filled with meaningful […]

Alum pursues MBA, M.D. after mother’s death

Tony Hung was only seven years old when his mother was diagnosed with breast cancer. He said he didn’t understand what dying meant. “I just knew I wanted to make my mom happy, and that meant finding something that could save her,” said Hung, a recent graduate of the David Geffen School of Medicine and […]