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Winter 2025 Featured Alum Amelia Alam
As a former Health Scholar, I'm passionate in providing mentorship and guidance to students within this program.
Amelia Alam graduated from UW Bothell in Summer 2023 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Biochemistry and minors in Biology and Neuroscience. Connect with Amelia on LinkedIn!
Tell us more about what you’re doing currently.
As a Program Coordinator at COPE Health Solutions, I help oversee the COPE Health Scholars Program at the Swedish Medical Center site. I connect students interested in healthcare to our program where we integrate them within SMC through recruiting, interviewing, training, and maintaining operations within their department. As a former Health Scholar, I’m passionate in providing mentorship and guidance to students within this program. In this role, I also connect with the greater Seattle/Swedish Medical Center community by interacting with academic institutions/advisors, high-school and college students, healthcare workers, and administration/Program Managers at Swedish. This is my first professional job after graduating so I’m excited to grow myself and see what skills and experiences I’ll flourish in!
What resources did you find most helpful when it came to career or graduate/professional school exploring, preparing, and applying?
There were many great resources I utilized, especially from UWB! The Career Center provided me so many helpful tips when constructing my resume and cover letter. The Fall Career Fair and Biotechnology Fair hosted at UWB provided me connections with recruiters and helped me network in the Seattle/Bothell area, figuring out which companies/jobs I wanted to apply to. Also utilize your connections! I acquired my current position through my previous connection with COPE Health Solutions as a Health Scholar and Leadership member.
What was your favorite thing about being a UW Bothell Husky?
My favorite thing about being a UW Bothell Husky was the unique experience of studying abroad! I got to go to Guatemala through the UWB School of Nursing and help low-resource communities by setting up clinicals with both the UW and Guatemala Village Health team. I also got to immerse myself within the Guatemalan community by touring hospitals, visiting different cities, and indulging in Guatemalan cuisine! I took this opportunity in my last quarter, so it was a great way to wrap up my time at UWB. 🙂
If you could go back to your first day at UWB, what advice would you give yourself?
Advice I’d give to myself is to get to know your professors! They’re amazing human beings and provide so much insight about life. I still resonate with my first day in General Chemistry where my professor discussed how your personal connections can provide so many opportunities.
Thank you, Amelia!
Your experiences are such a great example of how to live your UWB life to its fullest! Thank you for sharing them with our community to inspire and mentor others toward the kind of success you’ve found for yourself.
Past Featured Alumni
- February 2022 – Casey Cummins – Spring 2020 BA in Health Studies with minors in Biology and Chemistry
- March 2022 – Sebastien Khoutxaysana – Spring 2020 BA in Health Studies with a minor in Health Education & Promotion
- April 2022 – Van Nguyen – Spring 2020 BS in Biology with minors in Chemistry and Neuroscience
- May 2022 – Yasmin Guzman – Spring 2020 BA in Health Studies with a minor in Health Education & Promotion
- June 2022 – John Masembe – Spring 2020 BA in Health Studies
- July 2022 – Raday Gonzalez – Spring 2020 BA in Health Studies
- August 2022 – Andrew Marimon-Cabamalan – Spring 2009 BA in Business Administration with concentrations in marketing and management
- September 2022 – LaShanta Sealy Mahanti – Winter 2020 BA in Health Studies with a minor in Health Education & Promotion
- October 2022 – Atif Bhatti – Autumn 2018 BS in Biology with minors in Chemistry and Neuroscience
- November 2022 – Monserrat Morales Miranda – Spring 2020 BA in Health Studies with minors in Global Health and Health Education & Promotion
- December 2022 – Kiana Imani – Spring 2020 BS in Biology with minors in Chemistry and Neuroscience
- Winter 2023 – Keita Shimizu – Spring 2021 BA in Health Studies with minors in Global Health & Policy Studies
- Spring 2023 – Lilia Matevosyan – Winter 2023 BA in Health Studies with a minor in Neuroscience
- Summer 2023 – Andrew Collins – Spring 2018 BS in Biochemistry
- Autumn 2023 – Toluwani Oluwa-Tofehinti – Spring 2020 BS in Biology
- Winter 2024 – Ngoc-Vy Mai – Winter 2022 BA in Health Studies and Science, Technology, & Society with minors in Global Health and Health Education & Promotion
- Spring 2024 – Ali Mirzazadeh – Spring 2023 BS in Biology and MS in Biotechnology from Johns Hopkins University.
- Summer 2024 – Emerald Chuesh – UW Husky 100 Awardee for 2024
- Autumn 2024 – Vivian Lam – UW Husky 100 Awardee for 2024