Alumni Stories

My name is Alec Apodaca and I am currently a PhD Candidate at UC Berkeley, but I received my bachelor’s degree from UC Santa Cruz in 2017. My unique blend of experiences gathered through the labs and fieldwork at UCSC, specifically through Professor Schneider’s lab, put me in a position to be a top candidate…

In 2013 I was a transfer student to UCSC and initially I wasn’t sure what I wanted to do or even could do with a degree in anthropology. I wasn’t even considering archaeology because I thought only old rich white men were archaeologists. However, as I took more classes and made connections with the professors…