Dennis grew up in San Jose, California, the child of two immigrants from Guangzhou, China, via Hong Kong. His parents met at San Jose State, where his father was studying to become a librarian, and...
Derrick was born in Accra, Ghana, but grew up in Saudi Arabia, New York City, and suburban New Jersey. Attending Harvard University, he received a summa cum laude distinction for his honors...
Desmond Edwards was born and raised in Jamaica, living in rural St. Mary and attending school in urbanized Kingston. As an extremely sickly child, Desmond’s first and primary exposure to science was...
The son of immigrants from India, Dhruv Gaur was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, where his parents were completing their medical training before moving to Gainesville, a town in Northeast Georgia....
Diana A. Yanez was born in California and raised in Tijuana, Mexico. From a young age, she learned the value of hard work from her parents who sacrificed their life to raise their four children....
DIANA MORA RASHID is a Berkeley Public Interest Law Fellow and attorney working with NIJC's Detention Project. She received her JD from the University of California, Berkeley School of Law. Diana...
Diana was born in Tehran, Iran and immigrated to California with her family at age 15. Diana completed her medical studies at Touro University College of Osteopathic Medicine in California and is...
Born in Lima, Peru, Diana Delgado Cornejo was five when she hopped on a plane to Los Angeles with her parents, both computer scientists. After 9/11, the company that sponsored her father laid off...
Looking back on her journey, there’s a major philosophy that 2022 Paul & Daisy Soros Fellow Christeebella Akpala now keeps in mind: “If you have a purpose, your plans may change, but your purpose...