2015 UC Merced At A Glance

SARAH ZIA Hometown: San Diego, Calif.

Activities/InTERESTS: Organizations I love being a part of are the National Park Service, where I serve as a wilderness education ranger for Yosemite National Park; Delta Delta Delta of Epsilon Kappa; Office of Student Life as the Fraternity and Sorority Life and women’s programs intern; and event coordinator for the UC Merced Campus Activities Board. In my free time, I try to visit Yosemite as much as possible, go hiking or talk to friends over a good cup of coffee. Plans for after graduation: Enter graduate school and earn my master’s degree in leadership studies and further pursue a career in Student Affairs. I want to inspire others to reach their highest potential the same way I was inspired as a student here.

YEAR: Senior

Major: Cognitive science

“Whatever you decide to do, make sure it makes you happy. For me, UC Merced excited me the second I stepped onto the campus. My home away from home and where I’m the happiest.”

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