Author: raknight@ucsc.edu
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M. Sanjayan: The face of conservation
A prominent ecologist and Emmy-nominated television personality, M. Sanjayan is CEO of the nonprofit Conservation International—the first new CEO of the organization in 30 years.
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Adilah Barnes: Holding the stage
An award-winning actor with over 50 years of film, television, and stage credits, Adilah Barnes is probably best known to television audiences for her role as Anne Marie on ABC’s Roseanne for six seasons.
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Martha Mendoza: Writing wrongs
Two-time Pulitzer Prize–winning Associated Press reporter and author Martha Mendoza had a life-changing moment early in her UC Santa Cruz career.
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Reyna Grande: Documenting the immigrant experience
Award-winning novelist and memoirist Reyna Grande attended UC Santa Cruz after her junior college English teacher urged her to leave the urban confines of Los Angeles and try living somewhere different.
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Axel Alonso: Diversity’s superhero
Axel Alonso was editor-in-chief at Marvel Comics from 2011–2017, where he built a legacy by making comic book characters and their creators reflect the diversity of our world.
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Susan Wojcicki: The most powerful woman on the internet
Susan Wojcicki is CEO of YouTube, the ubiquitous video-sharing website that in 2017 was ranked as the second most popular site in the world—only behind its parent company Google.
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John Laird: A trailblazing public servant
John Laird has watched his political capital rise over the years. In 1983, while serving on the Santa Cruz City Council, he became one of the first openly gay mayors in the United States.
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Julie Packard: Safeguarding the sea
Julie Packard helped found the Monterey Bay Aquarium and has served as the aquarium’s executive director since it opened in 1984.
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Kent Nagano: The maestro
Kent Nagano is an internationally acclaimed opera and symphony conductor who is renowned for interpretations of clarity, elegance, and intelligence.
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Volunteer profile: Steve Schnaidt
Volunteering is a way to give back to a special institution and a community that gave me opportunities to explore, learn, grow, fail, and succeed.
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Volunteer profile: Shawn Cervantes
I encourage anyone who has a desire to serve to find an area that they are passionate about and simply ask the question, “What can I do for you?” As a result of my posing that question over three years ago, I have found a fulfillment in life that I was not expecting to find.
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Volunteer profile: Jerry Ruiz
It is a deep emotional connection I feel toward UC Santa Cruz that drives me to volunteer each year.