Lu Aguiniga
Class Standing: Senior
Major: Psychology
Hometown: Modesto, CA
Graduation Term: Spring 2024
Mentor: Dr. Shannon Bianchi
Mentor Department: Psychology
Research Interests: Experimental and Behavior Analysis
Update: Lu graduated with his Masters of Arts in General Psychology in Spring 2026!
Jose Aguirre
Class Standing: Senior
Major: Biological Sciences and Business
Hometown: Atwater, CA
Graduation Term: Spring 2024
Research Interests: Microbiology, bacteriophage
Cecilia Alvarez
Class Standing: Senior
Major: Biological Sciences and Chemistry
Hometown: Modesto, CA
Graduation Term: Spring 2024
Research Interests: Molecular Biology, Cellular Biology, Neuroscience, and Cancer Research
Summer Anderson
Class Standing: Senior
Major: Psychology
Hometown: San Diego, CA
Graduation Term: Spring 2024
Mentor: Ms. Deborah Forester
Research Interests: Experimental, Social and Behavioral Psychology
Sinaí Arenas
Class Standing: Senior
Major: Psychology and Spanish
Hometown: Turlock, CA
Graduation Term: Fall 2024
Mentor: Ms. Deborah Forester
Research Interests: Police brutality, aggression, PTSD, empathy, and the mental health of essential workers
Celina Bridges
Class Standing: Senior
Major: Sociology and Gerontology
Hometown: Ceres, CA
Graduation Term: Spring 2024
Mentor: Dr. Della Winters
Research Interests: Ageism during COVID-19, diabetic rates and comorbidies in the Latinx/Chicanx communities, and lack of accessible healthy food options on college campuses
Update: Celina Bridges is now attending UC Davis and is pursuing her PhD in Medical Sociology.
Sharlien Envieh
Class Standing: Senior
Major: Agriculture
Hometown: Turlock, CA
Graduation Term: Spring 2024
Mentor: Dr. Chantelise Pells
Research Interests: Sustainable agriculture and management practices, organic agriculture, water resources, ecosystems, biodiversity, soil health, and plants
Nathalie Hernandez
Class Standing: Senior
Major: English and Journalism
Hometown: Turlock, CA
Graduation Term: Spring 2024
Mentor: Dr. Mirta Maldonado
Research Interests: English language, Tesol Society, COVID-19, gender studies, and minority groups
Dylan Hoyt
Class Standing: Senior
Major: English
Hometown: Modesto, CA
Graduation Term: Spring 2024
Mentor: Dr. Jennifer Pace-Wittman
Research Interests: Teaching, writing, and overall educational development.
Jayden Lopez
Class Standing: Senior
Major: Criminal Justice and Psychology
Hometown: Salinas, CA
Graduation Term: Spring 2025
Mentor: Dr. Jason Pourtaverdi
Research Interests: Incarceration, juvenile delinquency, and violent crime in the United States
Claudia Perez-Suarez
Class Standing: Senior
Major: Sociology and Psychology
Hometown: Stockton, CA
Graduation Term: Spring 2024
Mentor: Dr. Adam Fleenor
Research Interests: Human behaviors & attitudes, challenges of family migration, mental health among youth, and social structures
Mahmoud Sulieman
Class Standing: Senior
Major: Mathematics
Hometown: Turlock, CA
Graduation Term: Spring 2024
Mentor: Dr. Jessica De Silva
Research Interests: Creating webpages for mathematical calculations, limiting professional athletes' injuries (specifically for the knee), the effect of smoking on medical costs, and the effect of divorce rates on local crime.
Updated: October 05, 2026