Amy Akiba felt stuck. 
Now an alumnus, Akiba entered UCLA in 2020 with a declared major in linguistics and psychology. However, she struggled in her classes and immediately knew it wasn’t the right major for her.

Two UCLA students and an alumnus recently published a research paper surveying factors that lead to global disparities in gastric cancer.
Gastric cancer, also known as stomach cancer, is most prevalent in South Korea and least common in France, although the two countries have comparable economies.