Meet first-generation college students who forged their paths into academia and became professors at UC Santa Barbara. Learn about each professor, their pathway to the professoriate, and the advice they have for fellow first-generation college students.

Faculty Stories

Professor Kathy Foltz is a faculty member in Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology. Listen to her story about coming from a small family farm in Ohio, changing majors from English to Biology, and becoming a UCSB professor.

Faculty Stories