Alumni Stories
Department stories
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Navigating the intersection of finance and human resources
Sabeena Bal graduated with her master’s in applied economics and finance from UC Santa Cruz in 2021 and now works as a payroll systems analyst at Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E). She is interested in championing the advancement of women in finance and is part of PG&E’s Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging initiatives to…
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Ph.D. program job placements
Below are initial job placements for alumni from UC Santa Cruz’s Ph.D. in Economics program, organized by year of graduation. 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009
Campus stories
- Alumna Alessandra Cassar, now a professor at the University of San Francisco, found her path by working with UC Santa […]
- Alumnus Steve Bruce (Cowell ’79, economics) reflects on his support for his alma mater.
- Recent UC Santa Cruz graduate Natalie Nguyen (Kresge ’23, economics) reflects on her UC Santa Cruz journey and post-graduation endeavors.
- One year after graduation, Yehan Weerasuriya works at PwC as a consultant and associate in the Capital Markets and Accounting […]
- Now in its seventh year, the Distinguished Graduate Alumni Award welcomes its 2023 cohort.
- Alumna Cassi Janakos, co-founder of a company offering corporate lactation programs, created an endowment for the UC Santa Cruz Feminist […]
- Alum establishes establishes the Edith and Leon Rosenthal Memorial Diversity Scholarship to help high-achieving under-represented students from the Bay Area […]
- Economics alumnus Andy Sartori, a Sacramento Business Journal 40 under 40 honoree, helps people eat with purpose.
- Alumna Ann Starrs, director of family planning at the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, came to reproductive health work from […]
- A Superior Court judge. The director of the public art program for Los Angeles. A defense attorney. They all believe […]