Hundreds of Undergraduates to Attend Fall Commencement Saturday

“When you hear hoofbeats, think horses, not zebras.”

In medicine, this maxim recommends attributing symptoms to common conditions rather than rare ones.

Jeevan Mann of Yuba City, California, however, identifies as a zebra — someone with a rare genetic condition — and he is already working to help others like himself as he graduates from the University of California, Davis, Saturday.

Melinda Guzman, Cathy Rodriguez Aguirre and Lydia Ramirez attended UC Davis at different times, pursued different majors in the College of Letters and Science, and followed different paths to successful careers in law, business advocacy and banking.

Their paths converged at various times, most recently with a shared honor: each was named to The Sacramento Bee’s inaugural list of Top 25 Latino Change Makers for leading positive transformations in their communities.