2024 McNair Scholars Program

2024 McNair Scholars Program

Alexa Contero UC Davis McNair Scholars Program

Alexa Contero Andrew Ramirez

Hometown: Lawndale, CA
Major: Psychology and Chicano/a Studies
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Alonso Rodriguez Villalobos Andrew Ramirez

Hometown: Sonoma, CA
Major: Psychology & Spanish
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Andrea Navarro Macias UC Davis McNair Scholars Program

Andrea Navarro Macias 

Hometown: Fresno, CA
Major: Psychology and Chicana/o Studies
Mentor: Dr. Dulce W. Westberg
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Anita Kim UC Davis McNair Scholars Program

Anita Kim  Andrew Ramirez

Hometown: San Francisco, CA 
Major: Biotechnology
Mentor: Dr. Qizhi Gong
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Jannet Noriega UC Davis McNair Scholars Program

Jannet Noriega  Andrew Ramirez

Hometown: Salinas, CA 
Major: Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
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Julissa Diaz Garcia UC Davis McNair Scholars Program

Julissa Diaz Garcia Andrew Ramirez

Hometown: Ceres, CA 
Major: Psychology and Linguistics
Mentor: Dr. Katharine Graf Estes
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Leslie Figueroa-Borja UC Davis McNair Scholars Program

Leslie Figueroa-Borja  Andrew Ramirez

Hometown: Riverside, CA
Major: History Concentration in Latin American Region
Minor: Latin American Studies & Theater and Dance
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Lizbeth Santillan UC Davis McNair Scholars Program

Lizbeth Santillan

Hometown: Sacramento, CA
Major: Physics
Mentor: Dr. Nicholas Curro 
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Maria Sanchez Segura UC Davis McNair Scholars Program

Maria Sanchez Segura

Hometown: San Francisco, CA 
Major: History and Gender, Sexuality, and Women Studies 
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Miguel Soto UC Davis McNair Scholars Program

Miguel Soto

Hometown: Ventura, CA
Major: Molecular & Medical Microbiology 
Mentor: Dr. Yi Wang
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Nadya Mejia UC Davis MCNair Scholars Program

Nadya Mejia

Hometown: Truckee, CA 
Major: Psychology
Mentor: Dr. Katherine Graf Estes
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Nancy Mendez UC Davis McNair Scholars Program

Nancy Mendez  Andrew Ramirez

Hometown: Oceanside, CA 
Major: Global Disease Biology
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Noah Sanchez UC Davis McNair Scholars Program

Noah Sanchez  Andrew Ramirez

Hometown: Fresno, CA 
Major: Chicana/o Studies
Mentor: Dr. Natalia Caporale
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Obert Vongsavanh UC Davis McNair Scholars Program

Obert Vongsavanh  Andrew Ramirez

Hometown: Millbrae, CA 
Major: Mechanical Engineering 
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Re'Jenai Cloy UC Davis McNair Scholars Program

Re'Jenai Cloy  Andrew Ramirez

Hometown: Vista, CA 
Major: Chemistry  
Minor: English
Mentor: Dr. Louise Berben
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Yerin De Leon Andrew Ramirez

Hometown: Salinas, CA
Major: Psychology & Sociology
Mentor: Dr. Jeffrey Sherman
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