Evan Pepper graduated from the Baskin School of Engineering in spring 2018. Both as a student and after graduating, Evan contributed to UC Santa Cruz research projects that gave him hands-on laboratory experience in the fields of molecular biology and genetics. He credits much of his success and sense of community to the UCSC Academic Excellence (ACE) program, which provided him a support network during his undergraduate education. Evan is currently pursuing a Ph.D. in molecular engineering at the University of Washington.