Over the years many UCLA alumni have come and gone from the TeamXHealth program. This page is dedicated to our past members and it is our mission to keep the growth of our organization increasing today.
2020-2021 Alumni
Dilagsayini Mylvaganam
Leadership Role: President (2019-2021), Finance Officer (2020-2021), Logistics Officer (2018-2019)
Major/Minor: Biology
Hobbies/Interests: Playing the guitar, hiking, exploring new places, cooking/baking
What They’re Currently Doing: Taking a gap and applying to medical school
Sophia Reyes
Leadership Role: Technology Officer (2019-2021)
Major/Minor: Marine Biology, Spanish Minor
Hobbies/Interests: Book collecting, watching anime, drawing, trying new foods
What They’re Currently Doing: Taking a gap year and applying to graduate school for Library and Information Science
2019-2020 Alumni
Justin Bueno
Leadership Role: Co-President (2019-2020)
Major/Minor: Biology
Hobbies/Interests:Video games and art
What they’re currently doing: Scientific writing
Sarah Hong
Leadership Role: Co-President (2019-2020)
Major/Minor: MCDB/Biomedical Research
Hobbies/Interests: Playing piano, running, rock climbing and bouldering, dogs
What they’re currently doing: Taking a gap year, working in a startup
Aaron Chan
Leadership Role: Head of Technology (2019-2020)
Major/Minor: Biochemistry
Hobbies/Interests:Olympic weightlifting, Yu-Gi-Oh, League of Legends, palliative care
What they’re currently doing: Taking a gap year
Nadine Lin
Leadership Role: Head of Finance
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Anne Deffebach
Leadership Role: N/A
Major/Minor:MCDB/Society and Genetics
Hobbies/Interests: Going to the beach, cooking, hiking
What they’re currently doing: Scribing and healthcare consulting. Planning to apply to medical school in 2021
2015-2016 Alumni
Raquel Ribeiro
Major/Minor: Biology
Hobbies/Interests:Learning about nature, camping and backpacking, learning new skills, being creative and innovative, and doing or creating something that will help others.
What they’re currently doing: Peer Mentor at Center for Community College Partnerships at UCLA
Pal Shah
Major/Minor:Physiological Sciences
Hobbies/Interests:Global health,reading,traveling,dancing and photography
What they’re currently doing: Medical student at Duke-NUS Medical School
Megha Pokhriyal
Major/Minor: Psychobiology
Hobbies/Interests: Hiking and drawing
What they’re currently doing: Internal Medicine – Geriatrics Residency at Eastern Virginia Medical School
Anna Shvartsur
Major/Minor:Microbiology, Immunology and Molecular Genetics
Hobbies/Interests: Swimming, lifeguarding, teaching kids how to swim, beach & indoor volleyball, hiking, animals, my rabbit Rory, drug outreach & education, integrative medicine, amateur art, dessert
What they’re currently doing: Resident physician at Kaiser Permanente Oakland
Jalynn Zou
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Samantha Chan
Major/Minor: Biology
Hobbies/Interests: Swimming/exercising, watching movies, hanging out with friends, exploring LA, eating at new food places
What they’re currently doing: Associate Consultant at Kaiser Permanente