12 Students who Make the World a Brighter Place
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Sydney Fagundes has found her calling: teaching young children, with a focus on science and math.
Army Rangers veteran Brendon Aylaian is working as a financial specialist for the Air Force.
Working as a client services and relationship management co-op at MFS Investment Management debunked a lot of assumptions business major Kristen Reardon had about the financial industry.
Kelsey Gonzalez cares for asylum seekers as program manager for Global Disaster Response and Humanitarian Action at Massachusetts General Hospital’s Center for Global Health.
Benedicta Agyemang-Brantuo won the 2021 MLK Service Award for starting a club to address health disparities – amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
Greg Reimonn found a faculty mentor to help him research microplastics in waterways, thanks to an honors fellowship.
Criminal Justice major and community organizer Mayara Reis says the diversity at UMass Lowell let her be who she's supposed to be.
As one of the university’s first DC-CAP Scholars, mechanical engineering major Kevin Akers is pursuing his dream of becoming an astronaut — while also continuing to make a difference in the lives of others.
Nancy Pin is on her way to becoming a family nurse practitioner so she can help the community.
Chummeng Soun is documenting the traditional dances of his native Cambodia with support from the Center for Asian American Studies and the Southeast Asian Digital Archive.