Melissa Gerald was never encouraged to attend college.

“People like us do not go to college,” her father would tell her. “College is for the rich, the privileged. Where we come from, people just work to survive.”

In fact, all that Gerald’s … Read More »

Matt Firestone is a long way from home.

The Alabama-native left behind small-town life (his hometown had just one stop sign until recently when it became a stoplight) to study at the Herman Ostrow School of Dentistry of USC in a … Read More »

One thing Herman Ostrow School of Dentistry of USC student ambassador Natalie Inoue emphasizes when she meets prospective students is that the opportunities inside and outside of the classroom are so enriching, it would be a mistake not to take … Read More »

Lenny Mayorga was the first in her family to attend college.

On May 11, she will take that distinction even further by becoming the first in her family to receive a doctoral degree, as she graduates with a Doctor of Dental … Read More »

“From the earliest work of Dr. Charlie Goldstein and his vision of public health dentistry in Los Angeles, the Herman Ostrow School of Dentistry’s unrelenting commitment to the homeless is one of this university’s shining stars,” Michael R. Cousineau, DPH, … Read More »

Yeva Manukyan’s passion to serve in the field of oral health was shaped early on by her role model, her mother. Assisting her mother, who is a dentist, to plan mission trips to Armenia, the country from which they emigrated, … Read More »

A graduate of the Master of Science in Global Medicine program at the Keck School of Medicine of USC, Ara Bakian hails from Newport Coast. He began volunteering at local dental clinics during his undergraduate years at the University of … Read More »