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• Applying the science of social impact 
  UC Santa Cruz alumna Jennifer Rigney uses her Ph.D. in Psychology to support mission-based organizations in making effective, data-based decisions […]
• Humanizing every client
  One year after graduation, Guneet Hora (College Nine ’23, intensive psychology, legal studies) works as a paralegal at the Office […]
• A passion for change
  One year after graduation, Nailah Smith (Stevenson ’23, cognitive science) works in the African American Studies and Chicana and Chicano […]
• Life Beyond the Redwoods: Seeyade Gizachew shares insights one year after UCSC graduation
  A health justice coordinator for RYSE Youth Center in Richmond, California, and a graduate student at UC Berkeley, Seeyade Gizachew […]
• Alumni Councilor April Yee
  April Yee joined the UCSC Alumni Council in 2017.
• Keeping the stoke fresh
  Alumnus David Schulkin, who has taught surfing to UC Santa Cruz students for more than two decades, is 'all about […]
• The power of research
  Wilfrido Hernández Flores discovered social science research in the Culture and Achievement Collaborative, and it changed his life
• The healing power of yoga
  Powerful Netflix documentary 'I Am Maris' explores student Maris Degener’s fall into anorexia, her discovery of yoga as a healing […]
• Gov. Newsom appoints UCSC alumna Kris Perry to key post
  California Gov. Gavin Newsom has appointed UC Santa Cruz alumna Kris Perry, a nationally recognized advocate for children, to a […]
• UC Santa Cruz honors alumni: bestselling author Hector Tobar and historian Virginia Espino
  Award-winning journalist and author Héctor Tobar and filmmaker Virginia Espino are the 2018 recipients of the Social Sciences Division's Distinguished […]

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