Each of us embodies a tapestry of experiences and identities that together form a beautiful composition. The following features focus on individuals who wholly embrace their identity and pursue their purpose with conviction.

She didn’t speak until the age of 6, silenced by the fear that her true self would not be accepted. Transgender woman Lucero Felicita Camarena inspires courage in others to channel their truth as a powerful form of social change.

Every Tuesday and Thursday night, UC San Diego's Warren Lecture Hall is transformed into a cathedral, with the voices of 400 students merging effortlessly into a harmonious and powerful blend of tenors, basses, sopranos and altos.

As a Kumeyaay woman, Eva Trujillo uniquely understands the Indigenous perspective. As UC San Diego's repatriation coordinator, she ensures that any ancestral remains and cultural belongings found on campus are returned home.

It took eight decades and three generations of women to convince the U.S. Congress to pass the 19th Amendment in June 1919. Despite historic strides, not all women benefitted.

Maple leaf duck leg confit. Cold spring pea gazpacho with crème fraiche. UC San Diego chefs brought innovation to their menu as part of the annual Foodtasia Gala to benefit the Jacobs and Cushman San Diego Food Bank.

Being in a wheelchair, Jacob Robinson had some fears about circumnavigating the Atlantic Ocean. But he pushed past his uncertainty and seized the opportunity to explore the world through UC San Diego's Semester at Sea Program.