AAFP
AAMC
Guide to Long Beach
UC Irvine College of Medicine
MemorialCare (LBMMC)
First Year

Lauren Barnes
Westlake, Ca.
Long Beach
UC Riverside; Biomedical Science
UCLA
Baking, traveling, yoga, sewing, reading & napping
Mary Katherine Gallagher in Superstar!
Anything chocolate
I have lots! I’m a sucker for the sappy ones.
Placencia, Belize or another beach city

Cindy Chen
Taipei, Taiwan
Westminster
UC San Diego; Biochemistry/Cellular Biology
Western University
Painting, sculpting, crafting, traveling, visiting museums, fairs, festivals & time with family
Atom, the Astro Boy
Soup, Soup, Soup! (And did I mention noodle soup?)
The Shawshank Redemption
Anywhere with plenty of sun, seabreeze, no smog and no traffic. Does a place like that exist?

Nicolas Hernandez
Orange, Ca.
Manhattan Beach
UC Santa Barbara; Aquatic Biology/Surfing!
Western University
Surfing, running, cooking & traveling
Batman
Sushi
Anything with Will Farrell
Baja, California

Jasia Hu
New York, NY
Long Beach
UC Berkeley; Molecular & Cell Biology
Drexel University
Baking, cooking & reading
Jean Gray, because she is a doctor/super hero.
Asian food
Amelie
Bay area, close to my family – but somewhere in Hawaii would be nice too!

Anna-Lia Marilla
Huntington Beach, Ca.
Long Beach
UCLA; Physiological Sciences
The Chicago Medical School
Surfing, snowboarding, golf & scuba diving
Electra
Mexican
Casablanca
South Pacific

Grace Park
Seoul, South Korea
West LA
UCLA; Microbiology & Molecular Genetics
Western University
Eating, sleeping & spending time with my family, friends & pets
Hermione Granger
Ice cream and chocolate
My Sassy Girl & LOTR
Anywhere warm and pretty with my family

Rose Swords
Stockton, Ca.
Long Beach
UC Davis; Biochemistry
UC Irvine
Cooking & eating :)
Selene, from the movie, Underworld
Coldstone ice cream
The Notebook
Somewhere along the California coast

Edan Wernik
Champaign, Il.
Huntington Beach
UC San Diego; Bioengineering
UC Irvine
Volleyball, cooking & traveling
The Hebrew Hammer
Mom's cooking
Top Gun
Leisure World

Second Year

Candace Basich
Westminster, CA
Long Beach
UC Berkeley; Psychology & Molecular Biology
UC San Diego
Swimming, sailing, yoga, reading & traveling
She-Ra
Chocolate

Next to the beach, close to the mountains (sounds like California…)

Hajar Kadivar
Shiraz, Iran
Irvine
University of Tennessee at Chattanooga; Biology
USC
Dancing and art
Dr. Jean Gray from X-Men
Pizza and sushi
The English Patient & Life is Beautiful
Italy

Cory Lieberman
Los Angeles, Ca.
Long Beach
UC Berkeley; Film Studies
UCLA
Snowboarding & watching my Tivo
Pie Man (á la Homer Simpson)
Berries
I have about 50 favorite movies
Hanalee

Scott Murray
Fontana, Ca.
Huntington Beach
UCLA, Molecular Cell & Developmental Biology
University of Maryland
Sports, film, cooking & the beach
Batman
Prime rib
Zoolander
Maui

Chrystene Nguyen
Vietnam
Long Beach
UCLA; Biology
UC Davis
Traveling, eating, shopping & badminton
Storm
Sushi, Italian & Vietnamese
Stand By Me
Costa Rica

Thao Nguyen
Can Tho, Vietnam
Long Beach
UC San Diego – Biochemistry & cell biology
UC San Diego
Swimming, racquetball, traveling & being with my nieces and nephew
Elastigirl
Potatoes cooked any which way
The Sound of Music
Kauai

Amber Pachon
Fullerton, Ca.
Long Beach
UC Riverside; Biomedical Sciences
UCLA
Cooking & reading (and I’m up for anything new)

It depends on the day
Much Ado About Nothing, Benny and Joon & Evolution
Somewhere beautiful

Bethani Rydzewski
Virginia Beach, Va.
Gardena
Lyon College; Chemistry
St. Louis University
Music, cooking & outdoor activities
Hawkgirl or Raven (from Teen Titans)
Anything chocolate
The Chronicles of Narnia
Close to the beach

Third Year

Dan Carpiuc
Campulung, Romania
Irvine
UC San Diego; Molecular Biology
Georgetown University
Reading, traveling, soccer, movies and music
Batman
Sushi; Thai and Indian food
Bladerunner, Braveheart and Lord of the Rings
The Pacific Northwest

Mii Hawkins
Honolulu, Hawaii
Long Beach
University of Hawaii; French
UC San Diego
Cooking, eating, wine tasting, sewing, reading, sleeping and dancing hula
Wonder Woman (fighting crime with style)
Mousse au chocolat
Grease, Hiroshima Mon Amour
Kailua Beach, Hawaii

Elizabeth (Tory) Kavoosi
Van Nuys, California
Long Beach
UC San Diego; Biochemistry and Cellular Biology
UC Irvine
Travel and knitting
Wonder Woman
Ice Cream
Garden State
Ithaca, New York

Mary Lee-Henderson
Torrance, California
Palos Verdes
UC Berkeley; Biochemistry
UCLA
Spending time with my son and husband, cooking/baking, backpacking and traveling
Wonder Woman
Pumpkin Pie
Shrek 2
Someplace pretty with trees

Shaun Reid
Santa Monica, Ca.
Playa del Rey
USC; Business-Finance & Biology
USC
Playing and watching sports (basketball & football) and travel
Superman
Anything that wasn't cooked by me
Charade, Catch Me If You Can and Tombstone
Somewhere on the beach, preferably not in a cardboard box

Pany Tehrani
Tehran, Iran
Sunset Beach
UC Irvine; Biology
UC Irvine
Mentoring, playing guitar, cooking really bad food, and spending time with friends and family
Grasshopper Pany
Thai food; avocado with lemon juice, salt & pepper
Old School and Best in Show
Where I live now

Danielle Tiongson
Torrance, California
Playa del Rey
USC; Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Studies
Loyola University Chicago/Stritch
Snowboarding and discovering great restaurants
Lucy Lu from Charlie's Angels
Sushi
Old School
Southern California, near my family

Jenny Wong
Fullerton, California
Long Beach
UC Irvine; Biological Sciences
UCLA
Cooking and tennis
Violet Parr (from The Incredibles)
Dim Sum
Jerry Maguire
San Diego


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