Journalism graduate Farah Eltohamy saw a problem with representation in the news media. The only way you can really fix that is by having more Muslim journalists in this field who can tell the stories of the Muslim community as it is.
Brandon Myer nearly dropped out of school in sixth grade and settled for a D-average his sophomore year of high school. You’d never guess it if you met him today. He’s now a high-performing ASU student completing his bachelor’s degree in kinesiology this spring with plans to complete a master’s degree in 2022.
Up all hours, late into the night, Basam Alasaly has spent the past five years modifying apps, writing code and developing medical technology without pay, first while earning his Bachelor of Science in biomedical informatics, and then as a master’s student in the same program at the College of Health Solutions.
April 21, 2021
Editor s note: This story is part of a series of profiles of notable spring 2021 graduates.
It was just luck of the draw that Guadalupe Segovia happened to take a sports medicine class at her Phoenix-area high school. It was luck again the bad kind that left one of her loved ones with a spinal cord injury. Both events influenced Segovia s career choices and led her to the bachelor’s degree in exercise and wellness she earns this spring from ASU’s College of Health Solutions.
Segovia was already an athletic training intern in high school when she took the sports medicine class that made her say, “This is definitely for me” – a decision that also came with the knowledge that she would be the first person in her family to ever attend college.