{"id":2579,"date":"2026-07-08T18:26:02","date_gmt":"2026-07-08T18:26:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/heb\/?p=2579"},"modified":"2026-07-08T18:26:03","modified_gmt":"2026-07-08T18:26:03","slug":"sofia-eguizabal-may-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/heb\/2026\/07\/08\/sofia-eguizabal-may-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Sofia Eguizabal (May 2024)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--rich-text \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--rich-text\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n      \n<div class=\"f--field f--wysiwyg\">\n\n    \n  <p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1955 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/heb\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/77\/2025\/06\/Sofia.png\" alt=\"Sofia Eguizabal\" width=\"517\" height=\"525\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/heb\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/77\/2025\/06\/Sofia.png 517w, https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/heb\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/77\/2025\/06\/Sofia-295x300.png 295w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 517px) 100vw, 517px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0Sofia Eguizabal (May 2024)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>B.S. Human Biology, Health and Disease Track<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Minor in Cinema-Television for the Health Profession and Health Car Studies<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Attending: Stanford School of Medicine (Stanford, CA)<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n<p>&#8220;As a first-generation college student and pre-med, choosing to major in Human Biology with the Health and Disease track was one of the most meaningful decisions I made at USC. The program gave me a strong foundation in understanding disease processes and metabolic dysfunction, which helped me feel much more prepared heading into medical school. HBIO 360 and 370 with Dr. Polidori were especially memorable\u2014she\u2019s such a passionate and engaging professor, and I really appreciated how she encouraged us to think critically. I loved working through patient cases in lab, practicing differentials, and interpreting lab results to figure out what might be going on and how we could treat it. 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