Roughly 11,000 service and patient care workers at the UC San Diego campus and medical facilities are taking part in a one-day, statewide strike on Tuesday. For the second time in just a little over a month,

The union representing the workers says the university refuses to negotiate certain pay scales and raised health care premiums during bargaining.

During the summer of 2024, Reyes took her keen eye for patterns a step further. As an intern with the CreAting Dedicated Scientists through Research Education (CADRE) program, she worked in a University of California San Diego lab learning to use the tools of biostatistics to make sense of her observations.