USC Dornsife News

Despite homelessness and family loss, Sophia Perez graduates this year and will head to law school, then on to continue advocating for underserved communities’ rights.

Sibo “Carl” Zhou earns a USC Renaissance Scholar Prize and degrees in applied mathematics, religion, economics and data science, and global studies.

Jaime Gomez, who spent six years in the U.S. Army and 16 years in the business world before becoming a first-generation college student, graduates with honors and an undergraduate degree in history.

The USC Dornsife senior hopes to use his social policy experience in legislative work or community organizing before going to law school.

The first to graduate from the creative nonfiction track of USC Dornsife’s PhD in Creative Writing and Literature program, Melissa Chadburn has covered the child welfare system across multiple genres.

USC Dornsife senior Woori Lee established a nonprofit that provides aid and resources to individuals like her grandfather who fled the authoritarian nation.

USC Dornsife senior Anthony Khoory is fascinated by the many elements — cultural, linguistic and otherwise — that make people “the same, but different.”

Graduating with a degree in political science and a minor in dance, Robles will be heading to Taiwan as part of the Fulbright U.S. Student Program.

USC’s 2023 valedictorian exemplifies how USC Dornsife’s diverse learning opportunities and supportive community cultivate well-rounded, high-achieving students.