I grew up in a low-income household in the flats of West Berkeley. Like myself, all of my friends came from families in which no one had gone to college. And the expectation was that neither would we. Today, I am here at UC Berkeley because of the help of caring mentors and a lot of hard work.
The reason I chose to start BSP is captured by the phrase “professional is personal” – where my personal background and experiences have driven what I have done professionally. As Director and co-Founder of BSP my commitment is to make biology at Berkeley accessible to all students with an...