Rigo Salvatierra, 20, is always looking for a way to help others. Before he came to Rutgers, he considered working in the biosciences to find a cure for dementia because he thought it was the most impactful career he could pursue.
Then people started marching in the streets during the pandemic fighting for social justice, which changed Salvatierra’s perspective.
“I started looking at everything that was happening around us and I became really interested in politics,” said Salvatierra, a rising senior double-majoring in political science and Latino and Caribbean studies with a minor in sociology in the Rutgers-New Brunswick School of Arts and Sciences.