Manju Bangalore, BS ’18 (physics), is a multi-hyphenate. Her accomplishments include five NASA internships, a White House internship, a feature in the 2022 Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue, a children’s book, working with Beyoncé on the set of her 2019 “Brown Skin Girl” music video, running two nonprofits, and competing for the title of Miss USA as Miss Oregon USA. The daughter of South Indian immigrant parents, the aspiring astronaut began to develop a passion for education in science, technology, engineering, and math while working alongside her family in an agricultural seed-testing lab in Corvallis. Having grown up in this predominantly White community where she encountered xenophobia and racism daily, Bangalore said winning the Miss Oregon USA crown served as a way to validate other women and girls of color and to challenge Eurocentric beauty standards.

Kāneali‘i Ng-Osorio, BS ’98 (psychology), is a senior enterprise business analyst with Kamehameha Schools in Honolulu, Hawai’i, a member of the UOAA Board of Directors, and president of the Hawai’i Ducks regional UOAA chapter. Through his years of service to the UO Alumni Association, Ng-Osorio has made an impact on countless students from Hawaii to receive scholarships to the UO. He said he wants to ensure current and future Ducks have a wonderful college experience, like he did.

Shan Rammah, MBA ’23, is the owner of Rammah Design, a firm specializing in airport planning, airfield design, and program management. After spending a decade working as a civil engineer, he launched the business while still completing the UO’s Executive MBA program in Portland. Rammah's professors and classmates provided invaluable insights, and he was even able to use his MBA capstone project to research and build the company. As a first generation American whose parents immigrated from Pakistan, Rammah said the growth and success of Rammah Design is a way to honor his mother and father for their sacrifices in providing him with opportunities. “I’m proud that Rammah Design has my family’s last name on it, because it is representative of all the generations of people before me that have allowed this to happen.”

Madilyne Nguyen-Acosta, BA ’21 (public relations), works for Sony Music Entertainment as a senior diversity, equity, and inclusion specialist. Her aspirations to work in the entertainment industry led Nguyen-Acosta to pursue PR while at the UO. However, it was her role as programming and events student lead at the UO Multicultural Center (MCC) that provided her first insight into the world of DEI. Growing up in the Bay Area, she was surrounded by people of diverse ethnicities and backgrounds, so arriving at the UO proved to be a bit of a culture shock. Nguyen-Acosta was dedicated as a student to creating a welcoming culture for other people of color on campus. In addition to MCC, she was also involved with UO Hui’O Hawaii, having performed hula and Tahitian dance since she was seven years old. Although it isn’t part of her own Filipino and Vietnamese cultures, she “learned to practice and appreciate it in the most authentic way.”

Deborah Wang, BS ’15 (human physiology, Clark Honors College), works as the director of career development for the State University of New York’s College of Optometry. She previously worked in a New York City optometry clinic, seeing nearly forty patients on her busiest days. Growing up in the predominantly White community of Hillsboro, Oregon, Wang connected with her first language of Mandarin by leading a story time in high school, during which she’d translate Mandarin Chinese books into English. At the UO, she joined the Taiwanese Student Association and the IMPACT Mentorship program and became an advocate for international students.