Belonging, Equity & Empowerment (BEE) Scene

Claudia Benavente, PhD, Associate Professor, School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences and recently appointed Deputy Associate Director, CRTEC, shares more about her story.

Krishnansu S. Tewari, MD, FACOG, FACS, FRSM, Professor and Director, Division of Gynecologic Oncology, Obstetrics & Gynecology, shares more about his story.

Tien Troy Tang, Health Educator for the Office of Community Engagement & Outreach (COE), shares more about his story.

Gelareh Sadigh, MD, Associate Professor-in-Residence and Director of Health Services and Comparative Outcome Research in the Department of Radiological Sciences shares more about her story.

Jordan Nare, RN-BSN, Oncology Nurse Navigator for Dr. Misako Nagasaka, shares more about her story.

Oliver Eng, MD, FACS, Associate Professor of Surgery, Division of Surgical Oncology and Associate Director, Peritoneal Surface Malignancy Program and Surgical Oncology Fellowship, shares more about his story.

Adeela Syed, PhD, Manager of the Optical Biology Core (OBC) shared resource shares more about her story.

Michelle C. Burroughs, MPH, a founding member of the CFCCC Community Equity Board (CEB), shares more about her story.

Hannah Lui Park, MS, PhD, Associate Professor in Residence, Pathology and Epidemiology and Director, Athena Breast Health Network, shares more about her story.

Anand Ganesan, MD, PhD, Professor, Dermatology, Biological Chemistry & Surgery and Co-Director, Biotechnology, Imaging & Drug Development (BIDD) program, shares more about his story.

Daniel Rivas, MS, Director, Office of Community Outreach & Engagement (COE), shares more about his story.

Michael Hoyt, PhD, Professor of Population Health & Disease Prevention and the Director of the Biobehavioral Shared Resource, shares more about his story.

April Bagaporo, MBA, Director of Administrative Programs, shares more about her story.

Warren Chow, MD, Clinical Professor in the Division of Hematology/Oncology and Medicine at the School of Medicine, and the Associate Director for Clinical Sciences at the Chao Family Comprehensive Cancer Center, shares more about his story.

Ricardo Avalos, LVN, Education & Training Coordinator at the Stern Center for Cancer Clinical Trials and Research, shares more about his story.

Jose Guillermo Lechuga, M.S., Facility Manager for the Biobehavioral Shared Resource (BBSR) and a Research Coordinator at the Joe C. Wen School of Population & Public Health., shares more about his story.

Deepa Jeyakumar, MD, is an Associate Clinical Professor who specializes in treating hematologic malignancies. Her clinical focus is on treating patients with leukemias, lymphomas, myelodysplastic syndromes and myelomas. Read on to learn more about her story.

Maria Guadalupe Mendoza Del Toro is a second-year medical student and a PRIME-LC (Program in Medical Education for the Latino Community) scholar. Read on to learn more about her story.

Erin Lin, DO, is an Assistant Clinical Professor who specializes in breast surgery and has expertise in treating mastectomy and breast reconstruction among others. Read on to learn more about her story.

Nadine Abi-Jaoudeh, MD, is a board-certified, fellowship-trained UCI Health radiologist who specializes in diagnostic and vascular and interventional radiology. Read on to learn more about her story.