Stanford PA Program

Happy Monday! Let’s start our week with another student spotlight!

Meet 🌸Lauryn🌸!

Lauryn is from Dublin, California. For undergrad, she attended UC Santa Cruz 🐌 where she studied human biology 🧬.

While in undergrad, she volunteered at Dominican Hospital 🏥 and was an officer for the Asian Pacific Islander Student Alliance (APISA), Morning Sign-Out (MSO), and Engaging Education (E2). She also served as a Lead Peer Educator for the Center for Advocacy, Resources, and Education (CARE), teaching students, staff, and faculty about bystander intervention, trauma-informed language, and consent 💜. She was later certified as a Domestic Violence & Sexual Assault Advocate through the Center for the Pacific Asian Family. Additionally, she was a Rachel Carson College Peer Navigator for incoming transfer and frosh students 🧭 and a Disability Resource Center notetaker 📝.

In the lab 🔬, she researched T cell proliferation and survival in mouse models in the Zuniga Lab 🐭, and prostate cancer cell proliferation and the effects of gene knock-outs on cancer outcomes in the Wang Lab. She also spent 2 years as a volunteer scribe at RotaCare East Bay 🩺 and shadowed in dermatology and neurology for a year 🧠.

After graduating from UC Santa Cruz, Lauryn spent her time volunteering teaching ESL to adults 🤟🏼, working as a patient care volunteer with hospice patients 🤍, and tutoring kids in math and English 📖.

She chose Stanford 🌲 because of its proximity to home, her desire to serve in the Bay Area 🌉, the emphasis on community care and advocacy, and the amazing cohort, faculty, and staff! When she is not busy studying, you can find Lauryn hiking 🥾, reading 📚, baking 🧁, or thrifting 🛍️.