Career Services Center News

Beatrice Cardenas-Duncan ’11, MNA ’18 came to the U.S. from Mexicali, Baja California when she was 13 years old. Even without knowing the language, she could recognize the health care disparities in her community.

Leon Benson spent more than half his life — 25 years — in an Indiana state prison. Eleven years in solitary confinement.

“Mapping Jewish San Francisco,” a new digital exhibit by USF’s Swig Program in Jewish Studies and Social Justice, tells stories that might otherwise be lost.

The McGrath Scholars program at the University of San Francisco is developing the leaders of tomorrow. The focus — equipping them with knowledge and skills to be critically aware, courageous, and compassionate leaders who are inspired and prepared to change the world for the common good.

The Sobrato Center buzzed with excitement on March 9 as over 360 attendees awaited to hear from Robin Roberts, co-host of ABC’s “Good Morning America,” (GMA) and former Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame member.

I can’t believe I’m almost graduating and completing my master's in health informatics, recognized Neha as she started to share her journey. Neha has received advice and support from her parents every step of the way. She grew up in a little village in the Indian state of Maharashtra. Early in her adolescence, she and her family relocated to Mumbai, a bustling metropolis with a distinctive speed, dialect, and culture that was also a major center for employment. Although she found this shift difficult, she learned to persist.

Growing up in a proud Latin@ family in the East Los Angeles community, I vividly remember leaving both of my abuelas homes and the image of them accompanying me to the front porch and raising their hard-worked wrinkled hands to give me their blessing. “Que Dios te bendiga en tu camino / May God bless you on your way,” they’d say.