Kush Shanker
Senior Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Major
Statistics and Applied Analytics Minor Hometown: Cupertino, CA Career Goal: Kush is working towards going into the public health sector of health sciences where he plans to work in data analytics or biostatistics. He hopes to go international one day as well and become an impactful global health patron, especially for LGBTQ communities worldwide. Aside from career, Kush wishes to teach and befriend children every step of the way. As well as at some point become a decent ultimate frisbee player, grow a successful garden, and go into outer space if it comes to it. Other Activities Involved In: YouthLAB (under Dr. Goldbach), Queers in Engineering Science and Technology (QuEST), UPC WorldMed, Escape SC, Math Club What is the best piece of advice Kush has ever received? Jake the dog from Adventure Time once said: "Suckin’ at something is the first step to being good at something". Every skill Kush has ever developed always started with a struggle, and admittance that he was never enough. But that struggle ended from the beginning. With consistent work, Kush has defied norms within his family and his society. What advice would Kush give to a prospective student? While there is high expectation at Keck, there is endless opportunity. Kush believes that any prospective student should get up and apply his/her/their talent to the health science events and studies that Keck makes abundantly available. Even as early as the first semester, there are organizations, volunteer missions, seminars, talks, presentations– one will never have nothing to do while studying here. |