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From getting into graduate schools to landing their dream jobs, our students and alumni study and work hard to accomplish their academic and career goals. Be inspired by their successes to achieve your own career change or advancement.
Moving Up in the Construction Field
Despite demanding 12-hour days as a construction project engineer, Ana Lazo is determined to complete the Certificate Program in...
Recognizing an Opportunity for Career Change
You could say Tracy Locken partially owes her career direction toward freelance editing to a junior high school choir—and her tween...
Fashion-Forward to Copywriter
Specialized Program in Professional Writing graduate Helen Schultheis has a “great love for storytelling, and a knack for educating...
Honoring Her Writing Talent With Action
For as long as she can remember, Aliceanna Stopher has always been writing. At a young age, she wrote to keep herself occupied. Later...
Kyle Cameron Enjoys the Flexibility of Online Learning
Learning in an online-only environment is certainly a different way to soak up knowledge than being in a physical classroom. But for...
Learning Various Functions of the Business World
I’m an international student from El Salvador who has been studying business.Before coming to UC Berkeley Extension, I finished my...
From Engineer to Manager
As the manager of the solutions engineering team at OneLogin, Khizar Sultan is responsible for the output of his five solutions...
Eyes Set on Being COO in Healthcare
When Dylan Blackburn was 7, he was diagnosed with having a tumor growing on his pituitary gland (Cushing’s syndrome). He underwent...
To Infinity and Beyond: BHGAP's Unlimited Access to Intellectual Growth
Coming into Berkeley, I was unsure of how my own background would fit in with the rest of the students, program, and surrounding areas....