Adina Mangubat, co-founder and CEO of the Seattle biotechnology firm Spiral Genetics, said an entrepreneurship course at the University of Washington Bothell made her realize she could create something on her own and make a difference in the world.

Studying for his MBA at the University of Washington Bothell gave Travis Muhlstein the inspiration to create Benessere, a nonprofit that uses mobile devices and applications to drive down the cost of health care across the world.

As an accounting hiring manager for a company, Howard Snow wondered: Would he hire himself? Snow decided to expand his tool set with a Master of Science in Accounting from UW Bothell.

As a first-generation student, a Native American experiencing homelessness and a single mother, Maizy Brown faced many obstacles, but the professors at UW Bothell “made me feel like I deserved to be there,” says the 2011 graduate of the School of Interdisciplinary Arts & Sciences.

Eric Chen (Computing & Software Systems ’05) works as a software engineer lead at Microsoft and contributes to the UW Bothell scholarship fund because he knows financial aid helps students focus on their education.