Alumni Profiles

Postbac Premed Program alumnus, Ivan Dominguez, describes filming the first successful face and bilateral hand transplant. 

Mayumi Otsuki ’18GS knew that it was time for a change.

In honor of Veterans Day, GS is featuring a number of students and alumni who have served in armed forces around the world.

For more than a decade, United States Army veteran Kristofer Goldsmith ’20 has been championing veterans’ rights after experiencing shortcomings in

After four years spent discovering a love of learning at Mesa Community College in Arizona, Robbie LeDesma '14 experienced a critical medical crisi

As an increasing number of medical doctors turn toward specialization and away from general care, the U.S. faces a pending shortage of physicians.

The Columbia University Postbac Premed Program gives students with their bachelor’s degrees—whether they’ve built a successful career in another fi

After an almost ten-year career as a makeup artist and stylist, alumna Yasmeen Ibrahim ‘19 began to feel a shift in the beauty industry and within

Stephanie Hart '12CC, ’15PBPM is now a third-year medical student at the Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, and is planning on pursuing a ca

A difficult childhood and a learning disability led Thierry Senechal to turn away from academia at an early age.

Opera and education have been two callings present in Fadel Friedlander-Fulkerson’s '14 life since she was a child in Louisville, Kentucky.

Before enrolling at the School of General Studies in 2002, the now-attorney was a high school dropout and troubled teen.