Student Experience
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Life Beyond the Redwoods: Allysa Kazhe at Apple
One year after graduating from UC Santa Cruz, Allysa Kazhe(John R. Lewis ’25, electrical engineering) is an engineering program manager at Apple.
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Life Beyond the Redwoods 2025: Jennie Lin at Google
One year after graduating from UC Santa Cruz, Jennie Lin (Crown ’25, computer science) is a software engineer at Google.
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Life Beyond the Redwoods: Brock Hrehor at the Capitol Forum
One year after graduating from UC Santa Cruz, Brock Hrehor (Stevenson ’25, philosophy) is an investigative reporter at the Capitol Forum.
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Life Beyond the Redwoods: Evelyne Gong at Deloitte
One year after graduating from UC Santa Cruz, Evelyne Gong (Oakes ’25, business management economics) is an audit and assurance associate at Deloitte, one of the Big Four accounting firms.
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Life Beyond the Redwoods: Serena Ramirez at Pivotal and Northeastern University
One year after graduating from UC Santa Cruz, Serena Ramirez is a development associate for Pivotal, fundraising to bring educational and career opportunities to foster youth, and is pursuing her Master’s in public administration from Northeastern University.
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Life Beyond the Redwoods: Max Deneroff at Kansas City University, College of Osteopathic Medicine
One year after graduating from UC Santa Cruz, Max Deneroff is a medical student at Kansas City University, College of Osteopathic Medicine.
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Life Beyond the Redwoods: Owen Moosman at UC San Francisco
One year after graduating from UC Santa Cruz, Owen Moosman (Stevenson ’25, molecular, cell & developmental biology) is working as a research associate in the Biochemistry and Biophysics Department at the University of California, San Francisco.
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Life Beyond the Redwoods: Samantha Chang at Sunblink
One year after graduating from UC Santa Cruz, Samantha (Sammy) Chang (College Nine ’25, art & design: games and playable media) is a marketing and player communications coordinator at Sunblink—a video game development studio based in Boulder, Colorado, best known for creating the critically acclaimed video game ‘Hello Kitty Island Adventure’.
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Life Beyond the Redwoods: Maddison Brodeur at Girl Scouts Heart of Central California and Maddison’s Communitea
One year after graduating, Maddison Brodeur (Stevenson ’25, community studies and sociology) is a Regional Coordinator at Girl Scouts Heart of Central California, running her own business, Maddison’s Communitea, and currently serving as Miss Black Sacramento through Nov. 2026.
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Life Beyond the Redwoods: Samiyah Shaikh at Carnegie Mellon University
One year after graduating from UC Santa Cruz, Samiyah Shaikh (John R. Lewis ’25, computer science) is pursuing a Master’s degree in software engineering at Carnegie Mellon University.
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A student’s trajectory from Tanzania and transformation into a scientist
On its 150th anniversary, Lick Observatory draws on its legacy of pioneering research to continue producing the next generation of scientific instruments, techniques, and astronomers
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Fueling the biotech flywheel with fundamental discoveries and driven graduates
UC Santa Cruz deepens industry engagement to underscore its vital role in contributing basic research and tomorrow’s talent, convening its first international RNA biology conference on August 18