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While many of us have childhood dreams that <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">fall by the wayside, Jasmine\u2019s love of the ocean and commitment to science only grew as <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">she got older.<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cI have a love of research, of wanting to learn more,\u201d she says. \u201cI\u2019ve always been that <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">person \u2014 if someone has a question, and I don\u2019t know the answer, I'm like, let's Google it, <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">let's figure it out.\u201d<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When it came time to apply to college, she knew she wanted a school with a strong <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">marine biology program. With support and guidance from College Track counselors, she <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">chose the University of California at Santa Cruz. \u201cI feel like without College Track, I would have struggled a lot with the college application process because as a first-generation student, you have to figure everything out for yourself,\u201d says Jasmine.<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">At UCSC\u2019s coastal campus, Jasmine was able to get plenty of hands-on experience, including a field research opportunity working with elephant seals. But midway through her college career, life events would set her on a new path. Her mother had been diagnosed with breast cancer, and Jasmine quickly changed course to learn everything she could about the disease.<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cOne of the ways I coped with that diagnosis \u2014 having to live with the thought that my mom is <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">not going to be here \u2014 was researching more about cancer to try to understand not only what it was, but how our treatments for it have grown and have continued to grow.\u201d<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Friends who studied biology advised her to look into the promising field of immunology. When Jasmine found an opportunity to intern at a genomic immunology lab through a College Track partner, she was nervous that her academic resume might not be what they were looking for. But staff encouraged her to apply, and in the end, she was accepted.<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cI'm very thankful for the Marson Lab and College Track for that experience and helping me get my foot in the door,\u201d Jasmine says. Jasmine graduated from UCSC in the spring of 2023. She is planning to attend graduate school in the future and is currently looking to gain more experience in the lab. She still maintains a passion for marine biology and dreams of one day combining it with immunology. Her mother is in full remission and her biggest supporter as she navigates this new chapter of life with a renewed sense of purpose.<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cIf you feel like you can't necessarily change the world,\u201d says Jasmine, \u201cchange the world for the <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">people closest to you.\u201d<\/span>","":null,"drop_cap":false,"helper_width":""}},{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_related_stories","_acfe_flexible_toggle":null,"component_related_stories":{"manually_curate":false,"posts":""}}]},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>From Ocean Depths to Healing Hearts: Jasmine&#039;s Journey from Marine Biology to Immunology - College Track<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/collegetrack.org\/es\/scholar-stories\/from-ocean-depths-to-healing-hearts-jasmines-journey-from-marine-biology-to-immunology\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"es_MX\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"From Ocean Depths to Healing Hearts: Jasmine&#039;s Journey from Marine Biology to Immunology - College Track\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Jasmine, a College Track alumna from Los Angeles, was eight years old when she decided that she wanted to be a marine biologist. 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