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Stefany Diaz: My Name is Resilient
When she was three years old, Stefany Diaz (PH ’24) and her family moved from Honduras to Far Rockaway, Queens, New York. Unfortunately, their new home wasn’t ideal—they endured poor sanitation and an unsafe environment. Diaz’s mother, “the rock of my life” as she lovingly refers to her, worked hard to relocate them to better living conditions. She worked as a maid receiving about a hundred dollars a week for her hard work; eventually she was able to move her children to a better situation.
Mayra Hernandez Sanchez: Dietetics and DACA
Mayra Hernandez Sanchez is graduating with her master's in dietetics after overcoming challenges related to being a DACA student and unfulfilled plans. Her research has found a way to help kids eat more vegetables in school lunches.
Shannon Nelson: Jumping Back Into Education After 23 Years
In 1993, Shannon Nelson walked across the stage in the Marriot Center to accept her bachelor’s diploma in exercise science. Shaking hands with the dean, she planned to continue her education and become a physical therapist. Life, however, took her on another journey offering her two decades of growing experiences.
Jessica Lewis: Proteins Changing Her Perspective
Jessica Lewis (MMBIO ’24) uses her passion and curiosity to delve into the building blocks of life itself. As a PhD student, she's learned to appreciate the details, celebrate her relationships, and reflect on the progress she's made as a person and as a scientist.
Devotional: Our own best story
“Over the years, I have been intrigued by connections that transform our physical world,” Elder Gerrit W. Gong acknowledged during his Tuesday devotional address at Brigham Young University. “For each of us, connection and transformation are also at the heart of our own best story.”
Annalie Martin: Germinating a Passion for Scientific Education
Annalie Martin (CELL) grew up in a family that encouraged curiosity, propagated the value of education, and cared for the welfare of others. Her parents example instilled in her a desire to study science and use her education to improve the lives of others through research and teaching.
Graduate Student Feature: Annalie Martin
Annalie Martin learned the value of education when spending some of her childhood in Belize. While in Belize, her parents ran a local school out of a church building, and her mom offered education for women in the Mayan villages. “Because I was the youngest, I went with my mom to the villages most of the time,” Martin says. “Her biggest focus was literacy, so she taught Mayan kids how to read and write.” Her mother lived in Africa and wanted her kids to have the experience of being the minority. In every house they lived in, Martin’s parents allowed her to set up a small “lab”, which fed the flame of her dream to be a scientist someday.
BYU projects show how students are prepared to make an impact on the world
From developing creative ways to teach math to planting trees along the Provo River, recent scholastic and civic projects from BYU students prove that an education that integrates faith, emotion, and intellect produces leaders with devoted hearts and purposeful souls.
BYU Professors Honored at Hunting and Conservation Expo
BYU plant and wildlife professors Brock McMillan and Randy Larsen were honored at the 2023 Western Hunting and Conservation Expo in Salt Lake City. Together, they received the Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Award for their efforts to research and conserve native wildlife across western North America.
Landon Deru: Prepared through a Unique Path
Landon Deru, an exercise sciences PhD student, is using his unique path through life to mentor students, be the best father he can be, and influence thousands of people through YouTube.