Well-prepared for their next challenge

May 5, 2025

Among the Class of 2025 spring and summer graduates of the The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio are several who took time to reflect on their rich and varied educational experiences and consider the opportunities that now await them beyond the labs, clinical rotations and lecture halls.




Turning challenges into opportunities

May 5, 2025

Alina Lundblade’s path to nursing wasn’t set in stone at first. But considering her heart for children and health care, it was meant to be. Now Lundblade is set to graduate with her Doctor of Nursing Practice degree and begin her next chapter of patient care.




Crowned by perseverance

May 5, 2025

Pushing past initial setbacks and refusing to listen to the naysayers, Victoria “Tori” Garza is proud to graduate this May with her Doctor of Dental Surgery degree through the School of Dentistry’s Teaching Honors Program.




Drawn to her profession through personal experience

May 5, 2025

Sometimes finding your calling requires paying attention. And Master of Science in Respiratory Care student Raquel Gutierrez, set to graduate this May, was watching and listening closely during multiple life events that led her to her future profession.




Finding balance in life and science

May 5, 2025

When Bowen Yang, a PhD candidate in the university’s Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences — and new dad — graduates this May, he will head to Houston to begin his residency in diagnostic imaging and nuclear medicine.




Making a difference through compassion and computation

May 5, 2025

Niklesh Akula, a soon-to-be Long School of Medicine graduate of the MD/MSAI dual degree program, is passionate about medicine but also has a keen interest in artificial intelligence — a field he believes could meaningfully transform health care.