Bruin Beans Alumni and Past CORE Kidney Staff

Learn more about some of the amazing students and staff who have been a part of CORE Kidney at UCLA Health. See where they are now, and how CORE Kidney has shaped their paths.

            Founding Members of Bruin Beans Health Club 

bbhc founders

From left to right: John Sinclair, Eileen Joseph, Dr. Anjay Rastogi, Maha Qubain, Jessica Matul

Not pictured: Christina Lopez

Take a look at what our Bruin Beans Alumni are up to now!

 
Name Graduating Year Bruin Beans Position Current Position
Arjun Anumula 2025 President, 2024-2025 Arjun is pursuing his MD at Kaiser Permanente Bernard J. Tyson School of Medicine.
Ashley Ma 2025 Internal Director, 2023 - 2024 Ashley is now pursuing her MD at USF Health Morsani College of Medicine.
Amy Shimizu 2025 Co-President, 2023-2024 Amy is pursuing her RN license at UCLA Joe C. Wen School of Nursing.
Samuel Reantaso 2025 Samuel is working as an ER Technician.
Shaun Wallrich 2025
Divya Mehta 2025
Jacob Torres 2025 Jacob is working as a Sales Development Representative Intern at Mindset and Milestones.
Jerica Fang 2025 Outreach Director 2023-2024 Jerica is pursing her dental degree at UCSF.
Neelaj Das 2025 Internal Director 2024-2025 Neelaj is pursuing an DO at Touro University School of Medicine.
Audrey Kim 2024
Gabe Munoz 2024 CORE Kidney Research Coordinator
Jessica Soan 2024
Madeline Pineda 2024
Kayla Saens 2024
Devin Patel 2023 Film and Entertainment
Josh Ooka 2023 Co-President, 2022-2023 Josh is pursuing his MD at John A. Burns School of Medicine at University of Hawaii.
Anuradha Raghu 2023 Co-President, 2022-2023 Anuradha is pursuing her MD at University of Virginia School of Medicine.
Michael Nguyen 2023 Michael went to UCSF School of Pharmacy, and is now at UCLA for his pharmacy residency.
Jordan Ziegler 2023 Jordan is now working as an EMT at Ambiance Medical Transportation.
Amber Lim 2023 Amber is now a Research Associate at Gordian Biotechnology.
Ven Chavez 2023 Ven is now working as an assistant at Yuma Nephrology.
Anna Reese 2022 Anna is now working as a Scientist at AstraZeneca pharmaceuticals.
Harshita Talkad 2022 Board Member Harshita went to University of Arizona College of Medicine, and matched to UCLA for Emergency Medicine.
Diana Jimenez 2022 Diana is now pursuing her MD at David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA as part of the PRIME-LA Program.
Michelle Ma 2022 Michelle is pursuing her Master's of Physiology at UCLA.
Lucas Marques 2022 Lucas is now working in Research at Cedars Sinai.
Jagannathan Rangarajan 2022 Jagannathan is now working as a Data Analyst at Kaiser Permanente.
Preeti Tamhankar 2022 Preeti is now working as a Clinical Data Aide at Stanford University's School of Medicine.
Ariana Apopei 2021 Ariana is now in the USC Post-baccalaureate Premed Program.
Minie Zhang 2021 Minnie is pursuing her MD at Wayne State University School of Medicine.
Shreya Neogi 2021 Shreya is now working as a Senior Product Designer at Wells Fargo.
Pamela Torresdey 2021 Pamela is now working as an Operations Supervisor at Providence Health Plan.
Sneha Bhargava 2021 Sneha is pursuing her MD at Wayne State University School of Medicine.
Tara Marashi 2021 Tara is now pursuing her Masters in Genetic Counseling at David Geffen School of Medicine.
Brandon Phan 2020 Brandon received his MD from Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine and is now working as a Family Medicine Resident at Loma Linda University School of Medicine.
Asailah Brown 2020 Asailah is now working as a Public Health Investigator at LA County's Department of Public Health.
Reid Ponder 2020 Reid is now working as a Research Coordinator at UCLA Health Heart and Vascular Care.
Angela Le 2020
Drishti Jain 2020 Drishti is now pursuing her MD at Loyola Stritch School of Medicine.
Nikki Nguyen 2020 Nikki is currently working as a Referral Triage Specialist at OneLegacy.
Stella Savvidou 2020 Stella is pursuing a Master's of Research in Cardiology and Respiratory Health at Imperial College London.
Chloe Castaneda 2020 Chloe is currently pursuing her MD at Keck School of Medicine at USC.