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One of the major reasons why 
USF PSM in biotechnology program

attracted me is the fact that it 
has this biotechnology and MBA

courses too, which 
I've heard about,

but it's never been two years.

The program is this inspired 
effort to try to short circuit

the requirement of like a 
five year PhD after a BA.

The program was 
built around that.

The idea was to get 
about a two year training

and to connect people with 
industries so they'd have

many different opportunities.

Due to the fact that 
these classes occur

in the later afternoons, it 
makes it a little bit more

manageable just because I'm 
able to go in earlier to my work

and then leave a 
little bit earlier.

I came from a large 
public university,

so getting that, like, 
intimate, close relationship

with professors and 
students and small classes

was totally new to me, 
like very different.

I definitely believe 
San Francisco

has an advantage due to the fact 
that this is, in fact, where

biotechnology was born.

So being in the middle 
of San Francisco,

there's just so many 
companies surrounding us

and so many opportunities 
that present themselves to us.

There's so much cutting 
as research happening.

There's so much equipment.

There's all these resources 
that are available.

One of the great things 
about the program

is that we have an 
opportunity to have

some of the students in that 
program working with us for six

months or a year.

And by the time they're 
getting ready to graduate,

my whole team is clamoring 
for them and saying, look,

you can't let this person go.

They're too talented.

It's a small industry too.

So the word spreads really fast.

And they really wanted me 
to be a part of their team.

They offered me a job right 
when I was about to graduate.

And that was perfect timing.

Definitely, I've had a few 
exciting moments-- more

than a few where 
I'm like, wow, this

could change the way that 
we look at health care.

It is a golden age 
in biotechnology.

And it's great to 
be a part of that.