CBL Scholars
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Veronica Mendoza
CBL Scholar Class of 2026
Veronica Louise Mendoza is a 1L at UC Law San Francisco. Veronica is a proud alumna of UCLA, where she graduated with her Bachelor of Arts in Psychology and Communication Studies in 2018. Prior to graduate school, Veronica worked in the media and entertainment industry, building celebrity client brands through start-ups and licensing deals at United Talent Agency.
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Malik Jefferson
CBL Scholar Class of 2026
Malik Jefferson is a 1L student at UC Law San Francisco. He was born and raised in Los Angeles, and attended the University of California Berkely where he received a bachelor’s degree in legal studies with an emphasis in economics and monetary policy. Prior to law school, Malik worked as a substitute teacher for the Los Angeles Unified School District,
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Joanna Chen
CBL Scholar Class of 2026
Joanna Chen is a 1L at UC Law San Francisco. Joanna was a Regents’ and Chancellor’s Scholar at the University of California, Berkeley, where she double majored in Political Science and Media Studies. Prior to law school, Joanna worked in investment banking, primarily in debt capital markets and technology M&A. She has also worked with startups and startup founders in a variety of capacities–finance,
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Sai Sumana Kaluvai
CBL Scholar Class of 2025
Sumana Kaluvai (Hometown: Roseville, CA) is a 2L at UC Law SF. She studied Bioengineering at UCLA and worked in pharmaceutical consulting at IQVIA prior to coming to law school. Concurrently, she helped found and served as executive director of The Hidden Dream, a non-profit for children on dependent visas. Her experience as an immigrant inspired her to come to law school.
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Ricardo Parada
CBL Scholar Class of 2025
Ricardo Parada is a 2L at UC Law San Francisco. Ricardo graduated from Occidental College with a bachelor’s degree in Politics and a minor in Latino/Latin American Studies. Prior to law school, Ricardo worked at Morrison & Foerster LLP in San Francisco as a legal secretary in the Emerging Companies + Venture Capital (ECVC) practice group.
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Dilani Logan
CBL Scholar Class of 2025
Dilani Logan is a 2L student at UC Law SF. She studied Medical Science and Spanish at the University of Western Ontario and then received a master’s degree in Global Health from Duke University. Prior to law school, Dilani worked as a health and human services researcher at the American Institutes for Research.
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Sharareh Zerang
CBL Scholar Class of 2024
Sheila Zerang is a 1L student at UC Hastings. She graduated cum laude from UCLA with a degree in Sociology. Prior to law school, she worked as a corporate paralegal at a business litigation law firm where she was exposed to the role of venture capital in the formation of technological ecosystems and found that highly intriguing.
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Mounika Yepuri
CBL Scholar Class of 2023
Mounika Yepuri (Hometown: Pittsburgh, PA and Hyderabad, India). Mounika is a 1L at UC Hastings. She studied Political Science at UC Berkeley before working at Atrium LLP and Allen & Hatcher LLP as a corporate paralegal. Through these experiences, she was able to work with many startups, which inspired her to attend law school at the heart of the startup world.
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Jayshawn Anderson
CBL Scholar Class of 2023
Jayshawn Anderson (Hometown: San Francisco, CA): Jay Anderson is a 1L studying business law with the goal of creating a social venture capital fund and promoting diversity amongst technology entrepreneurs. He comes to UC Hastings from Case Western Reserve, where he graduated with Honors in Psychology, and minors in Economics and Chemistry. He was drawn to law school by the desire to expedite the process of much needed legal reform as well as advocate for marginalized communities.
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