Leonel Mendoza, M.D. was a member of the graduating FACES Class of 2005. Dr. Mendoza recently received his medical degree at the University of California, Davis School of Medicine and will be starting a residency in Internal Medicine at the SUNY Downstate Medical Center in Brooklyn, New York. He attended Life Academy High School in… [Read More]

Fram Kelly Saeteurn was a member of the inaugural FACES class and graduated from the FACES program in 2003. She attended Life Academy High School in Oakland, and graduated from the University of California, Davis with a degree in Psychology. Kelly shares that FACES opened her awareness about the need of diversity in the medical… [Read More]

Chris Travis graduated from the FACES Oakland program and Oakland Technical High School in 2007. Chris will begin his internship/residency in Obstetrics and Gynecology at the University of Southern California in Summer 2019, after completing his medical studies at Columbia University in New York City. Chris graduated from Columbia University receiving a BA in English… [Read More]

Dr. Lena Nguyen, PharmD, FACES Class of 2005, is a graduate of UC Davis and the University of Hawaii Hilo – Daniel K. Inouye College of Pharmacy.  Dr. Nguyen explored many things before realizing that she wanted to pursue a career in pharmacy. Prior to starting pharmacy school, she worked at La Clinica de La… [Read More]

Stacy Dao, FACES Class of 2005, graduated from UC Berkeley with a degree in nutritional sciences, and then received a Master of Public Health (MPH) degree at UT Houston School of Public Health, with an emphasis in Health Promotion/Behavioral Sciences. Stacy worked with the FACES Coalition at the Public Health Institute, where she served as… [Read More]