Bruin Spotlights

Read about some of our most noteworthy alumni and be inspired to recommend a Bruin for a UCLA story. Together, we won’t only share stories, we’ll live them.

Carina Salazar ’00

Carina Salazar ’00 is a leader who has seen the power of preserving and learning from individuals' lived experience. Last fall, she was named the executive director for Career and Immersive Experiences, a position which provides direct leadership for the Career Center and oversight for First to Go and the Transfer Student Center. Salazar started […]

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Chase Griffin ’21, M.Ed. ’23

Chasing Opportunity The average college student is faced with a challenging schedule that often involves balancing a combination of school, work, and on occasion, a social life. For UCLA Football quarterback, Chase Griffin ’21, M.Ed. ’23, the above rings true…with the addition of balancing life as a student-athlete and navigating it all as a two-time […]

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Vivian C. Garcia ’11

Vivian C. Garcia '11, a proud member of the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma, is a dedicated advocate for the Native American community in Los Angeles. With ties to both Los Angeles and Oklahoma, she has devoted her career to promoting the well-being and unity of Native people within Los Angeles and Indian County. After completing […]

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Brodea Most Drogin

Brodea Most Drogin '38 and husband, Eugene When Brodea Most Drogin '38, having graduated from Belmont High School in Los Angeles, began her Bruin experience on the still-new Westwood campus, she had no idea she was setting a precedent as the matriarch of a multi-generational UCLA family. She earned her bachelor's degree in education, earning […]

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Florence Sloan

"Leopoldstadt," co-produced by UCLA Foundation board member Florence Sloan, CEO of Golden Karavan Productions, has won the 2023 Tony Award for best play. A synopsis from the website states, "Set in Vienna, the play takes its title from the Jewish quarter. This passionate drama of love and endurance begins in the last days of 1899 […]

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Max Moy-Borgen

If you’re a world arts & cultures / East Asian studies / Asian humanities triple major (with a minor in Asian American studies) at UCLA, what type of employment are you likely to find when you reach the working world? If you’re Max Moy-Borgen ’08, perhaps a better question is, “what type of employment are […]

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Ryan Dusick '01

There are books that we read for pure enjoyment, others that we read for the historical knowledge, still others we read because they illuminate the human condition and potentially help us to become better people. Rarely does a book come along that encompasses all of these aspects of life and learning. Ryan Dusick’s “Harder to […]

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Tracy Pierson

The sight of Bruin blue and gold. The sound of thousands of cheering fans. The smell of popcorn. The smashing of laptop keys. For Tracy Pierson ’83, owner of Bruin Report Online (BRO), this is just another day in the office. Pierson, a UCLA alumnus with a B.A. in English, has been at the helm […]

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John Thomas

In a message to UCLA leadership recently, Administrative Vice Chancellor Michael Beck welcomed former UCLA student John Thomas back to campus in a role that potentially affects all students, faculty and staff: It is my pleasure to announce the appointment of John Thomas as UCLA’s new interim chief of police. Chief Thomas assumed the role […]

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Alexander Woodman '11

“Reflexivity is a hallmark of excellent research that entails the ability and willingness of researchers to acknowledge and take account of many ways they influence science,” says Dr. Alexander Woodman ’11. As an accomplished researcher with over ten years of experience in clinical research, Woodman often pauses the fast pace of his career to reflect […]

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William Russell (Russ) Ellis Jr. '59, M.A. '65, Ph.D. '69

For someone who has achieved so much in his life, it is surprising that, for much of it, Russ Ellis was continuously haunted by one failure – one minute of time in 1956 that did not go as he had hoped. His description of what he long considered a defining moment of his life, the […]

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