Growing up in the Bay Area, Jake Trusheim always had a passion for the outdoors. When it came time to turn that passion into a career, he chose UC Davis.
Megan Pynes, International Relations and Spanish ’18
Megan Pynes attended the UC Davis Washington Program in Fall 2017.
Intern, The Latin America Working Group
“There was no better place for me than D.C. to put the skills I learned at UC Davis to work.”
With interests in foreign policy and international advocacy, what better place for Megan Pynes to be than “the” major political center: Washington, D.C.?
NyNy (Phuong) Vu was born in Vietnam and came to California with her family when she was six years old. Growing up in an immigrant neighborhood in Sacramento, NyNy saw first-hand the impact of environmental problems on underprivileged communities. “My goal in high school was to grow up to help the immigrant community,” she said.
