First-generation student inspires prof, has become 'icebreaker' for peers
Gerardo Lopez Perez is a first-generation college student and recipient of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute’s Exceptional Research Opportunities Program award.
As he pursues a career in science or medicine, student mulls ways he can ‘give back’ to promising students who face financial and other obstacles in college
Gerardo Lopez Perez is one of 80 students nationwide to win a prestigious Howard Hughes Medical Institute Exceptional Research Opportunities Program grant, which will pay him to do cutting-edge research in a California university for 10 weeks this summer.
That’s good news. But it’s particularly striking given Lopez Perez’ life history. His path to the ºÚÁÏÉçÇøÍø was not smoothly paved. But he worked exceptionally hard and got some much-needed hel