2021 Spotlights

2021.12 – Inbar Michael

2021.12 – Inbar Michael

About Inbar Inbar Michael graduated with a Bachelor’s in History and a minor in Humanities and Law from UC Irvine in 2021. In her sophomore and junior years, she participated in two Johns Hopkins Macksey Symposiums (2020 and 2021) and the UCI Undergraduate History...

2021.11 – Vanessa Le

2021.11 – Vanessa Le

About Vanessa Vanessa Le is a Fulbright U.S. Student Program Recipient currently pursuing a Master’s Degree at Yonsei University’s Graduate School of International Studies. She graduated magna cum laude in March 2021 with a major in Education Sciences, minor in Korean...

2021.10 – Irene Morales

2021.10 – Irene Morales

About Irene Irene Morales graduated cum laude as a double major in Criminology, Law, and Society and Education Sciences in June 2021. With a confident attitude during her undergraduate career, she studied abroad in Rome, lobbied to increase state funding for higher...

2021.08 – Adrianna Burton

2021.08 – Adrianna Burton

About Adrianna Adrianna Burton is a University of California, Irvine Ph.D. student in Informatics. Her research interests focus on the intersection of representation, identity-making, and analog games. Adrianna’s hobbies include bingeing Netflix, reading Y.A. fiction,...

2021.09 – Mando Eijansantos

2021.09 – Mando Eijansantos

About Mando Mando Eijansantos is a graduate of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology who spent their time as a UCI undergraduate conducting research on radioactive bone cement for treatment of spinal metathesis under the guidance of Dr. Joyce Keyak. After returning from...

2021.07 – Misha Ponnuraju

2021.07 – Misha Ponnuraju

About Misha Misha Ponnuraju is a Fulbright Alternate. Misha is a 2020 graduate in English with an Emphasis in Creative Writing and Minor in Art History, a Phi Beta Kappa member, and Humanities Honors Program participant. She also served as a tutor for the Center for...

2021.06 – Karishma Muthukamar

2021.06 – Karishma Muthukamar

About Karishma Karishma Muthukumar studies cognitive science and biology as a third-year student at the University of California, Irvine, where she founded The Patient Project and launched a journal of student reflections. In 2019, Karishma joined an international...

2021.05 – Katia Necoechea Madriz

2021.05 – Katia Necoechea Madriz

About Katia A junior inductee to Phi Beta Kappa in 2020, Katia Necoechea Madriz (she/ella) is a first-generation, low-income student, raised by a single mother, from a predominantly Latinx community of Chula Vista, CA. Katia is a fourth-year undergraduate double...

2021.04 – Kimberly Zhang

2021.04 – Kimberly Zhang

About Kimberly Kimberly Zhang, junior inductee to Phi Beta Kappa, is graduating in spring 2021. She is part of Campuswide Honors Collegium and is a fourth-year mathematics and chemistry double major specializing in applied mathematics and chemical biology at the...

2021.03 – Aparna Shakkarwar

2021.03 – Aparna Shakkarwar

About Aparna Aparna Shakkarwar is a fourth-year, junior inductee to Phi Beta Kappa, graduating in spring of 2021. She is currently pursuing a double-major in Economics and Education Sciences, as well as a minor in Political Science. She was admitted to UCI as a UC...