Students are an important part of the BIO5 Institute at the University of Arizona and share in the success we achieve here. The different administrative departments within BIO5 look for ways to engage with students as well as train them on the business side of science. One of those departments is the Public Affairs department where students assist with an array of communications and marketing projects, community and faculty events, and other special projects. One such project is our esteemed undergraduate internship program, the BIO5 Ambassadors. 

Today Amy Barber is joined by two of those very important BIO5 students (now University of Arizona alumni): Paulina Garza and Drew Seiser. They worked as Public Affairs student assistants and co-facilitated the BIO5 Ambassadors program. Garza graduated in May 2024 with a degree in management information systems and works in technology consulting. Seiser also graduated in May 2024 with her BS in cell and molecular biology and aims to pursue a PhD.