2019 FAREWELL

THANK YOU ALUMNI AND STUDENTS!

To conclude the 2018-19 program year, we are pleased to announce the 2019 UCLA Alumni Mentor Program Award recipients. Selected from an exceptional group of nominees, these alumni mentors and students went above and beyond during the program year, exemplifying what it means to be a True Bruin. Congratulations to all the winners and a sincere thank you to all the alumni who served as mentors this past year. We appreciate your dedication to UCLA and to current students.

2019 Distinguished Alumni Mentors

JASON SCAPA '11, M.D. '15

Bachelor of Science in molecular, cell, and developmental biology

Fellow Physician, Stanford University School of Medicine

Read what his student, Holly Huang, had to say.

AYLEEN PETERSON,
D.D.S. ’12

Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon

Read what her student, Jaeok Kim, had to say.

RICHARD COHEN ’72

Bachelor of Arts in political science
Senior Vice President & Financial Advisor at Morgan Stanley

Read what his students, Shaochen Han and Carolina Rubini, had to say.

2019 Outstanding Students

VANESSA HO

First year undergraduate student
Biology major

Read what her alumni mentor, Roland Azurin ’14, had to say.

ALEXANDRE WALSH

First year undergraduate student
Computer science major

Read what his alumni mentor, Jason Karuza ’04, M.S. ’05, had to say.

JASMINE CÁRDENAS-GONZÁLEZ

Third year undergraduate student
Chicana and Chicano studies major

Read what her alumni mentor, Helen Ellis ’98, M.A. '09, Ph.D. '15, had to say.

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