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Lauren Spencer Is a Sex-Positive Disability Influencer

Big Break: Ms. Spencer started her YouTube channel, Sitting Pretty Lolo, shortly after graduating from California State University, Northridge in 2012. The channel caught the attention of a Tommy Hilfiger executive who hired her for a fashion campaign. With the help of an agent, she landed the lead role in “Give Me Liberty,” a 2019 independent film about Tracy, a disability advocate, and her relationship with a medical transport driver. -- The New York Times

Governor Baker Appoints Dr. Matilde Castiel to Health Policy Commission Board

Matilde “Mattie” Castiel, M.D., has always held a professional and personal mission to work with the underserved. She was born in Camaguey, Cuba and immigrated to the U.S. in 1962 as part of Operation Peter Pan. Raised and educated in California, she completed her medical training at the University of California-San Francisco after earning a B.S. in Cellular and Molecular Biology from California State University-Northridge. -- EIN Newswire

A ‘Desperate’ Need for Sports Psychiatry in Athletes’ Lives

Criss Rodriguez, a former Division I tennis player for California State University, Northridge, is now the head tennis coach of Calabasas High School’s girls tennis team. She said that playing tennis in college taught her important lessons. Rodriguez discussed a common fear in many athletes: appearing as weak to their family, peers and coaches. She said that this fear makes athletes more likely to downplay their mental health struggles than the general population. -- YR Media

"Strength and Honor": A Father and Son Art Show at the NSYMCA

Jack Benvenuti studied art at Cal State Northridge. His works create a commentary on innocence and experience and often have a satirical view of culture. He is part of the radical contemporary urban movement calling his style, “ironic graffiti.” -- Northbrook, Ill. Patch

Farmer and Demeke join Coastal Family Health Center

Demeke tries to help every patient understand how nutrition impacts their general health and empower their health goals with good dietary practices. She received her master's degree in family and consumer sciences: nutrition and dietetics from California State University, Northridge, in California. -- Yahoo! News

CSUN Finalist in OPERA America Competition

OPERA America named California State University, Northridge a 2022 finalist for Digital Excellence in Opera. CSUN’s production of Giacomo Puccini’s “Gianni Schicchi,” an animated opera that was performed remotely. Opera America is a New York-based service organization that promotes the creation, presentation and enjoyment of opera in the United States. -- San Fernando Valley Sun

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