Mary Andrawis CLASS OF '06

Quality improvement associate at American Society of Health System Pharmacists

Current home: Bethesda, Maryland

Title: Quality improvement associate at American Society of Health System Pharmacists

Major: Pharmaceutical sciences

Mary Andrawis came to SDSU to become a doctor, she recalls, but “pharmacy got to me.” During her first year, the academic program was so rigorous that she worried she wasn’t cut out for college, but she soon discovered that she could do anything with her professors’ support. “I learned the art as well as the science of pharmacy at SDSU,” she says.

But her transformation didn’t end with her mastery of the field. When she was elected to the National Public Health Symposium, she discovered a passion for public health that ultimately led her to a residency at Johns Hopkins University. After graduation she earned her Masters of Public Health, then took her current job at the American Society of Health System Pharmacists, where she consults with the FDA and the National Quality Forum. “My experiences at SDSU put me a step ahead,” she says. “Usually it would take years to get a job like this.”