(Note: Celebrating its Silver Anniversary, NUSD is spotlighting some of its former graduates who have achieved success in college or career. To nominate deserving alumni, please call Communications Director Jim Sanders at 916-561-5267. Thank you.)
BECKY FU
NUSD Schools Attended: Inderkum High School, graduated Class of 2008
College Attended/Degree Earned: UC Davis, Bachelor of Science in Genetics
Current career or college status: Graduate student in Stanford University’s Genetics PhD program
“I am a graduate student in Dr. Andrew Fire’s laboratory at Stanford University. I am studying the requirements for a bacterial and archael adaptive immunity known as Clustered, Regularly Interspaced, Short Palindromic Repeat.”
Q: How would you complete this sentence? NUSD was good for me because …
A: “… I had amazing teachers and staff that encouraged me to pursue higher education.”
Q: How did an NUSD education help prepare you for college or career?
A: “The most important lesson my NUSD education taught me was to not give up even when the task seems impossible to accomplish. There were many times in classes when I felt like I could not succeed but persevered.”
Q: What advice would you give to current students?
A: “A lot of success is hard work. Sometimes our goals and aspirations seem unattainable, but unless you try you will never know. Don’t underestimate your own abilities.”
Q: Favorite memory from NUSD days?
A: “My favorite memory would be with the Inderkum High School Art Club. Every year we would participate in the Sacramento County Fair mural contest.”
Q: Future goals?
A: “My goal is to finish my thesis work and graduate with my PhD in genetics and a master’s in biomedical informatics. After graduate school, I hope to continue to investigate questions in biology at a research institution (either in academia or industry).”
NUSD’S BOARD-APPROVED VISION; “All NUSD students graduate as college and career ready, productive, responsible, and engaged global citizens.”
