# @ucsc on Instagram

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/Bg1tdblF1R5
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/20346723-ucsc-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/thumbnails/c730f41173.jpg
- **Posted:** 2018-03-27T19:57:50.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** UC Santa Cruz (@ucsc) — https://gondola.cc/ucsc

## Caption

#HumansofUCSC 🔬🌡 Meet Rolando Perez. He was headed down a path of drugs and police arrests until a gun jammed and changed his life forever. Now he's a Ph.D. candidate at Stanford University but was empowered to become successful as a UC Santa Cruz bioengineering undergrad. 
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Get his story in the spring edition of UC Santa Cruz Magazine in our news center. Link in bio!
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#ucsc #ucsantacruz #thinkucsc #ucscalumni

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thinkucsc, ucsc, ucsantacruz, humansofucsc, ucscalumni

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