# @rutgersu on Instagram

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DZQA5N5Ddaa
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/66735315-rutgersu-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/postThumbnails/401ae3ded7.jpg
- **Posted:** 2026-06-06T15:55:21.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Rutgers University (@RutgersU) — https://gondola.cc/RutgersU

## Caption

“It is not an understatement to say that Rutgers saved my life.” ❤️🖤
After being expelled from high school, Alister Martin worried he might never go to college. Today, the Harvard Medical School-trained physician is the newly appointed Commissioner of the NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene.
It all started with a second chance at Rutgers and the support of ODASIS, where Dr. Martin (’10) said he was given the foundation to reach his dreams.
#RutgersPride

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